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Code you can paste

Every guide in this list ends with code that runs. The snippets use USER:PASS placeholders and the same endpoints as the rest of the site, so the only edit you should need is your own credentials.

8 min readStart here, Billing and the meter, Code you can paste

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 →9 min readPicking a proxy type, Code you can paste

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 →8 min readBlocks and errors, Code you can paste

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 →9 min readCode you can paste, Blocks and errors

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 →8 min readBilling and the meter, Code you can paste

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 →8 min readCode you can paste, Picking a proxy type

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 →9 min readStart here, Code you can paste

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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