Making Your First Request

Once you’ve copied your proxy credentials from the dashboard, use any of the examples below to make your first request.

Your proxy format

Your proxies follow this format:

host:port:username:password

For example: 192.168.1.1:3128:myuser:mypass

Code examples

Python
Node.js
cURL
Go

import requests

proxies = {
    "http": "http://myuser:mypass@192.168.1.1:3128",
    "https": "http://myuser:mypass@192.168.1.1:3128"
}

response = requests.get("https://httpbin.org/ip", proxies=proxies)
print(response.json())
# {"origin": "192.168.1.1"}

const axios = require('axios');
const HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');

const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent('http://myuser:mypass@192.168.1.1:3128');

axios.get('https://httpbin.org/ip', { httpsAgent: agent })
  .then(res => console.log(res.data))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
// {"origin": "192.168.1.1"}

curl -x http://myuser:mypass@192.168.1.1:3128 https://httpbin.org/ip
# {"origin": "192.168.1.1"}

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    proxyURL, _ := url.Parse("http://myuser:mypass@192.168.1.1:3128")
    client := &http.Client{
        Transport: &http.Transport{Proxy: http.ProxyURL(proxyURL)},
    }

    resp, _ := client.Get("https://httpbin.org/ip")
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Verifying your connection

After running any of the examples above, the response should show your proxy IP address, not your real IP. If you see your real IP, double-check:

The proxy host and port are correct
Your username and password are correct
You’re using the right protocol (http:// prefix)

Replace 192.168.1.1:3128:myuser:mypass with your actual proxy credentials from the dashboard.

Using SOCKS5

Every proxy also works over SOCKS5, with the same IP, username and password on a different port. To get your SOCKS5 list, switch the toggle above your proxy list in the dashboard to SOCKS5, or add ?protocol=socks5 when you fetch proxies through the API. Then use a line from that list:

curl --socks5 myuser:mypass@192.168.1.1:PORT https://httpbin.org/ip

Replace PORT with the port shown in your SOCKS5 list.

Next steps

Using with Puppeteer

Set up browser automation with proxies

Python Requests Library

Deep dive into Python proxy configuration

Scrapy Integration

Configure Scrapy middleware for proxies

Troubleshooting

Fix common connection issues

Getting Started

Integration Guides

Troubleshooting

Billing & Account

Making Your First Request

Your proxy format

Code examples

Verifying your connection

Using SOCKS5

Next steps

Using with Puppeteer

Python Requests Library

Scrapy Integration

Troubleshooting

​Your proxy format

​Code examples

​Verifying your connection

​Using SOCKS5

​Next steps

Using with Puppeteer

Python Requests Library

Scrapy Integration

Troubleshooting

Your proxy format

Code examples

Verifying your connection

Using SOCKS5

Next steps