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ProxyDesk quick start: one local address for every scraper you run
Download ProxyDesk, sign in or paste your proxies, press Start and point curl, Python or Playwright at 127.0.0.1. Plus what it does when a proxy dies.
Read →Count your own requests: ProxyDesk’s activity log and its CSV export
ProxyDesk counts every connection it carries, on your machine. What the log and its CSV hold, what they leave out, and how to hold them against our meter.
Read →Using a proxy in n8n: the HTTP Request node, credentials and rotation
Route n8n HTTP Request nodes through a password-protected proxy, set a proxy for the whole instance, and choose rotating or static IPs for a workflow.
Read →Using a proxy in Postman: settings, authentication and checking your exit IP
Send Postman requests through a password-protected proxy, choose system or custom proxy settings, check the exit IP, and fix the usual proxy errors.
Read →Rotating proxies in Scrapy: middleware, retries and bans, done properly
A Scrapy setup for rotating and sticky proxies: the built-in HttpProxyMiddleware, a small custom middleware, retries, ban detection and a byte count.
Read →Selenium with an authenticated proxy: what works in 2026
Chrome and Firefox under Selenium will not take a proxy password on the command line. Four ways that work in 2026, with Python code, and the one to skip.
Read →Running a Telegram bot through a proxy: python-telegram-bot, aiogram and Telegraf
Route a Telegram bot through an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy in python-telegram-bot, aiogram and Telegraf, why a proxy only helps long polling, and the usual errors.
Read →Running a Discord bot through a proxy: discord.py and discord.js
Route a Discord bot through a proxy in discord.py and discord.js, why a shared host can get your bot blocked for others’ errors, and why a static IP wins.
Read →Scraping Amazon prices with proxies, without hammering Amazon
Track Amazon prices on a budget: the official API route first, then a polite Python scraper with proxies, parsing, pacing and the cost per 1,000 pages.
Read →Nine ways to move fewer bytes through a residential proxy
Compression, asset blocking, conditional requests, hidden JSON endpoints and smarter retries: make each residential gigabyte fetch more pages, with code.
Read →Async scraping in Python with proxies: httpx and aiohttp
Hundreds of concurrent requests through a proxy with httpx or aiohttp: connection limits, per-request rotation, retries with backoff and a running byte count.
Read →Giving an AI agent a proxy: browser agents, Crawl4AI and plain HTTP
Route an AI agent’s browsing through a proxy: browser agents, Crawl4AI and plain HTTP tools, plus a byte budget so a runaway loop cannot drain your balance.
Read →SOCKS5 vs HTTP proxies: which one your tool actually needs
What SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies each do, where DNS gets resolved, which tools support which, and the one-line switch between them in curl, Python and Node.
Read →Build your own proxy checker in Python
A small async proxy checker: is it alive, how fast is it, what IP and network does the target see, does it leak headers. Works on any provider, ours included.
Read →How much bandwidth will my scrape eat? Measure it before you pay
Measure what one page costs on the wire from your own connection, multiply it out, and know the gigabytes before you buy any.
Read →Rotating vs sticky: when your IP should change, with code
When a new IP per request helps, when it gets you flagged, and working Python, Scrapy and Node code for both patterns.
Read →Fixing 407, 403 and 429: a proxy error field guide
Who sent the error, the proxy or the site? How to tell with one curl flag, and the fix for each code, with Python you can paste.
Read →Scraping with Playwright through a proxy without getting flagged (ethically)
Playwright through an authenticated proxy in Python and Node, with robots.txt checks, a byte counter, and asset blocking that cuts the bill.
Read →Auditing your proxy bill: check the meter yourself
Count your own request and response bytes, pull the same window from our usage log, and diff the two with a short Python script.
Read →Proxies for price tracking on a side project
A price tracker that runs on cron, reads prices from structured data, skips unchanged pages, and runs on the cheapest proxy plan we sell.
Read →Your first scraper with Python and rotating proxies
A working scraper in about forty lines: requests, rotating proxies, retries that do not hammer the target, and a byte counter so you see what you spend.
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