Add proxy support (error ECONNREFUSED)

[Marfusios]

Please add proxy support. Currently it throws exception if proxy is required (for all http connections).

Exception:

events.js:72 
              throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
      at errnoException (net.js:904:11)

I added these two lines into initDB.js:

var restDef = require('request');
var rest = restDef.defaults({proxy: "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@PROXY_IP:PORT"});

So command 'node server/initDB.js' works.
But 'node server.js' doesn't (it throws exception above).

[kcferguson1]

i get a unescaped character error after doing your solution using command 'node server/initDB.js'

Checking that admin user does not exist...
rest.get - https://api.mongolab.com/api/1/databases/kcfdb/collections/us
_http_client.js:73
throw new TypeError('Request path contains unescaped characters.');

[rnanania]

I am able to run project locally at home.

But when I try to run it at my workplace
I am also getting the same error like @kcferguson1.
I know this is a firewall issue. Please someone update here if you guys found a way to add proxy and run this project smoothly.