Local Agents: Regional Precision Positioning Services

What exactly is the use of local proxies? Read these 3 scenarios to understand

Recently, a friend who is an e-commerce company complained to me that their platform always encounters foreign users pretending to be local customers. At this time it occurred to me that usinglocal proxy IPDoesn't that solve it? Specifically, it makes the server think that the user is indeed in a specific city, and this kind of regional location service is becoming more and more popular now.

Take a chestnut:

curl --proxy http://user:pass@city-shanghai.ipipgo-proxy.com:8080 https://target-site.com

Like this in the request with the Shanghai region of the proxy parameters, the target site will see you as a local user. This kind of operation is more hidden than GPS location, and you don't need to install any software.

3 big pits to avoid when choosing proxy IPs

There are all kinds of proxy services on the market, but there are also a lot of potholes. I helped a friend test 5 service providers last week and found these key points:

In particular.ipipgo's city-level agent poolThe last time I tested Hangzhou area, I switched 20 times in a row without repeating, which is especially useful for crawler projects that require a lot of testing.

Hands-on configuration of local proxies

Here is a chestnut in Python, suppose we want to get the data of a platform in Beijing:

import requests

proxies = {
    'http': 'http://user-123:dynamicToken@bj-cn.ipipgo-proxy.com:8866',
    'https': 'http://user-123:dynamicToken@bj-cn.ipipgo-proxy.com:8866'
}

response = requests.get('http://target.com', proxies=proxies, timeout=10)
print(response.text[:200]) print the first 200 characters of validation

Notice here thedynamicTokenIt's ipipgo's featured dynamic authentication, which is much more secure than a fixed password. If you encounter a connection timeout, it's recommended to check the whitelist settings first - their backend can be set up with 3 sets of IP whitelists to avoid theft.

Frequently Asked Questions First Aid Kit

Q：Why is the IP display not accurate sometimes?
A: 80% of them are using a public proxy pool, ipipgo'sDedicated Channel AgentIt can be solved. Selecting "zone lock" mode on their console will ensure that the IP does not drift!

Q: What if I need more than one city IP at the same time?
A: Add the city parameter directly to the API request, for examplehttps://api.ipipgo.com/getip?city=shanghai,shenzhen, supports up to 10 city rotations

Q: What should I do if I encounter a surge of CAPTCHAs?
A: Change the proxy switching interval from the default 30 seconds to more than 120 seconds, ipipgo's IP survival time is long, completely enough. If you can't, you can ask their customer service forAnti-Captcha Package for Enterprise

Why do you recommend ipipgo?

The last time I helped a client to do price monitoring system, I need to run 8 cities' agents at the same time. The test found that the IP duplication rate of a big factory was as high as 40%, while ipipgo'sCity Exclusive IP PoolBasically no duplicates. They also have a killer feature - you can specify the carrier's proxy, for example, as long as Beijing Unicom's IP, which is too useful for some specific scenarios.

Finally, a piece of cold knowledge: many proxy services say that the local IP, in fact, is used in the cloud server IP. ipipgo's IP are real!Home broadband resources, which is the core reason why their regional positioning is accurate. Recently, I saw that they are running a campaign to give away 10G of traffic to new users, so I suggest to whitetest it first before deciding.