How to Use Residential Proxy: A Complete Guide to Configuration

Hands on Residential Agents

Recently, a lot of friends doing e-commerce complained to me that the account registration with the IP of the server room is always blocked. At this time we have to pull out our home magic - residential proxy. This thing is franklyDisguise your online identity with a real home broadband IP, much more reliable than those crappy server room IPs.

Why do you have to use a residential agent?

Take a treasure store for example, you use Ali cloud IP batch registration account, the platform immediately give you red. But if you use the Shanghai Jing'an District residents broadband IP registration, the system simply can not distinguish between a real person operation or machine operation. ipipgo's proxy pool is ready toOver 2 million real home IPsEach of them comes with street-specific information, so you can use it the same way as a local person would use the Internet.

ipipgo proxy configuration

After you get the API key for ipipgo, don't rush to write code. First go to the backend and put theIP whitelistingSet up, many newbies planted in this step. For example, if you do cross-border e-commerce, remember to choose the residential IP of the target city, like the home IP of the city of Portland in the United States, which is perfect for Amazon.

import requests

proxies = {
    "http": "http://用户名:密码@gateway.ipipgo.com:端口",
    "https": "http://用户名:密码@gateway.ipipgo.com:端口"
}

resp = requests.get("https://目标网站", proxies=proxies, timeout=10)
print(resp.status_code)

The port number in the code should be clear, residential proxy and static proxy port is not the same. ipipgo background has ready-made code templates, copy and paste directly on the line, than their own toss to save a lot of trouble.

Guide to avoiding the pit

Last week a customer gave feedback that the agent was not connecting, and it turned out that he had put theThe https protocol is written as httpI have a friend who is doing crawling, and I didn't set the request interval. There is a crawler friend, did not set the request interval, 1 minute to send 200 requests, and then really IP can not carry so made ah.

Personal experience is:

1. Randomly sleeps for 3-8 seconds before each request
2. Don't use the same IP for more than 30 minutes
3. Switch IP immediately when encountering CAPTCHA

Frequently Asked Questions QA

Q: What should I do if my agent is slow?
A: First check if you have chosen a node that is too far away geographically, for example, if you are in China but use a South American IP. ipipgo's intelligent routing function can automatically match the nearest node.

Q: Do I need to change my IP frequently?
A: It depends on the business scenario. If you are doing data collection, it is recommended that you change new IPs for each task. ipipgo's per-volume package supports dynamic rotation, which is more cost-effective than fixed IPs.

Q: What if I want to open more than one agent at the same time?
A: In the code with the proxy pool polling, ipipgo support API real-time IP extraction, with multi-threading can be easily realized!50+ requests per second

Agent Maintenance Tips

It is recommended to clean up the local proxy logs once a week, especially if you are doing account management. ipipgo background can check the last 7 days of the use of records, which IP is blocked at a glance. Encounter problems directly to their technical customer service, reply speed than peers more than twice as fast.

Lastly, don't buy those shared proxy pools for cheap. Last time a customer bought 9.9 monthly service, the results of 50 accounts were blocked, and then replaced with ipipgo's exclusive residential agent and no problems. This thing is really a penny a penny, a reliable agent can help you save a lot of time to toss.