Crawling YouTube videos: Residential proxies bypass geo-restrictions

First, why are you always stuck in YouTube geolock?

Recently, an old iron complained to me that he wanted to pull a few beauty tutorials from overseas bloggers, but as soon as he opened YouTube, he was prompted with the message "This video is not available in your region". It's just like trying to eat spicy hot pot and finding a "closed today" sign on the door of the restaurant. In fact, it's not because you're stupid, it's because the website is based on your IP address!Geographical identification mechanismsIn making a demon.

For example, you use your own broadband in the country to access the Internet, YouTube look at the IP address localized in mainland China, directly to the content with the geolock to block. At this time, if you can change a local person's Internet IP, with a local ID card into the scenic spots like, the site will immediately give you the door to release.

Second, the residential agent is the real - invisibility cloak

There are two common types of agents on the market:

Highlight.Residential Agents, this thing uses the IP address of the real home broadband. For example, if you want to watch a video from Japan, ipipgo's residential proxy can assign you an outlet in a normal Tokyo home. When the website detects it, it will think it's a real user accessing it, which is much more reliable than those server room IPs.

Third, the hand to teach you to match the agent to climb the video

Here's a chestnut in Python, so you can follow along even if you're new to the game:

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

 Proxy configuration from ipipgo
proxies = {
    'http': 'http://username:password@gateway.ipipgo.com:端口',
    'https': 'http://username:password@gateway.ipipgo.com:端口'
}

 Masquerading as a proper browser
headers = {
    'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36'
}

response = requests.get('https://www.youtube.com/某个视频链接',
                        proxies=proxies,
                        headers=headers)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
 Here's the code to parse the video address...

pay attention toRegular IP changesThe background of ipipgo can set the automatic switching frequency. It is recommended to change the IP once every 5-10 videos, don't gripe hard with an IP.

IV. Don't step on these potholes

1. don't use free proxies, those IPs have long been blacklisted by YouTube, and using them is just like shooting yourself in the foot.
2. The frequency of requests is well controlled, with a recommended interval of 3-5 seconds between each visit.
3. Remember to deal with the anti-climbing mechanism of the website, and add some random delays as appropriate.
4. If the video download is large, it is recommended to buy ipipgo'sDynamic Residential Agent PackageThe IP pool is large enough not to roll over easily

V. Frequently Asked Questions QA

Q: Why do I still get a message about geo-restrictions even though I'm using a proxy?
A: 80% of the proxy IP is not clean, or the target area is not selected correctly. ipipgo background can accurately select the country/city, it is recommended to select the IP of the neighboring city where the video is released.

Q：What should I do if I get disconnected in the middle of the download?
A: may be the IP is blocked, in the code to add an abnormal retry mechanism, automatically change the new IP to continue the task. ipipgo API support real-time access to the new IP, with the use of the beauty.

Q: What if I need to work on multiple tasks at the same time?
A: on ipipgo'smultithreaded proxy serviceIt supports the use of multiple national IPs at the same time, for example, you can watch a talk show in the US section while watching an anime tutorial in the Japanese section, so you can enjoy both.

Sixth, say something heartfelt

The web crawler thing, it is like playing a cat and mouse game. Use the right tool in order to achieve the purpose and not be blocked by the site. ipipgo's residential agent I used a small half a year, the biggest feeling is that thesteady as a dog. Their IP survives for a long time, and they also support pay-per-view, which is especially friendly to small studios.

Finally, I would like to remind you that technical means should be used in the right way. It's okay to get some tutorials to learn, but don't go to pirate resources to spread. After all, our programmer's hands should be used to write code to change the world, not used to carry bricks to step on the sewing machine, right?