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Hands-on with Proxy IP to bypass CAPTCHA blocking

Friends engaged in automated testing understand that the biggest headache is the website suddenly popping CAPTCHA. Last week a friend doing e-commerce complained to me that when they used a crawler to grab price data, theJust ran for half an hour and the site blocked my IP.I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do that," he said. In fact, there is a solution to this matter, today we will nag how to use the proxy IP service to break the game.

Why do CAPTCHAs always target your machine?

The site has an intelligent wind control system that specializes in catching unusual operations. For example, youFrequent visits with a fixed IP, or the law of operation is too mechanical, immediately triggering the CAPTCHA. Last year, there was a case of double eleven, an e-commerce platform intercepted more than 8 million machine requests in 2 hours, using this mechanism.

Practical configuration of proxy IP plug-ins

Here's a recommendation for ipipgoResidential Dynamic IP PackageThe IP pool of their home covers more than 200 cities, and the survival rate can reach 95%. The specific operation is divided into three steps:

1. Generate API key in ipipgo backend
2. Installing the Proxy Auto-auth plugin for browsers
3. Add an IP rotation logic to the script (see below for code example)

To give a real-life scenario: a team that does airfare comparison, after using this methodRequest success rate shot straight up from 37% to 89%The key thing is that the frequency of CAPTCHA appearances has dropped by 70%.

List of Essential Browser Plug-ins

These tools work wonders with ipipgo:

• BrowserMob Proxy: Configure proxy rules visually
• FoxyProxy: Supports automatic IP switching by domain name
• IP Whois: Real-time monitoring of currently used proxy IPs

Focusing on the FoxyProxy configuration tips: in theCheck "Randomize mode" in the advanced settings.The first thing you need to do is to access the API provided by ipipgo, so that every 20 requests will be automatically changed to an IP, which has been tested to be effective in circumventing the wind control.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Will I be found by the website if I use a proxy IP?
A: Depends on the quality of the proxy, ipipgo'sHigh Stash IPIt will erase the X-Forwarded-For information in the request header and the site will only see the proxy server information.

Q: What should I do if the request slows down sometimes?
A: In the backend of ipipgo putLocation FilteringOpen, select the nearest node to the target web server. For example, if you want to catch a U.S. website, choose the Los Angeles server room, and the latency can be controlled within 200ms.

Q: Do free proxies work?
A: Never! Last year someone used a free proxy to crawl the data and the resultAccounts banned in bulkThe last thing I found out was that the proxy pool was mixed with tagged IPs. to be stable you still have to use a professional service like ipipgo, which is now offering 5G traffic packages to new users who sign up.

Lastly, a reminder to the guys.Don't set the delay too low.Although ipipgo's IP quality is reliable, but the operation is too frequent or may trigger the CAPTCHA. It is recommended to add a random wait in the script, floating between 0.5 seconds and 3 seconds, so that it is closer to the rhythm of the real operation.