US Patent 11343185 Network traffic steering with programmatically generated proxy auto-configuration files

Described embodiments provide systems and methods for steering network traffic using dynamically generated configuration scripts. A first device may generate a configuration script for an application on the client for connecting with a server. The configuration script may specify the application to establish a direct connection or an indirect connection with the server. The first device may provide the configuration script to be invoked by the application to identify a first address to access the server based on a determination to establish the direct connection or the indirect connection. The first device may receive, from the client, an initiation request to connect with the server including the first address. The first device may determine second address by applying a routing policy to the first address. The first device may establish one of the direct connection or the indirect connection using the second address.