Firefox Proxy IP Plugin: Firefox Proxy Plugin Installation Guide

What's the point of having a proxy plugin for Firefox?

Recently, a lot of people have been asking why we need to mess around with proxies on Firefox. Simply put, this thing is like opening a "free door" to your browser. Let's say do cross-border e-commerce to see the price of goods in different regions, do data collection to avoid anti-climbing mechanism, ordinary users want to hide the real IP address ... This time with ipipgo proxy IP, with Firefox plug-ins can be easily dealt with.

Hands-on with plug-ins (with a stomping ground fact sheet)

Don't be intimidated by all the complicated tutorials online, it's really just three steps:

Step one:Open Firefox Extension Store, search for "Proxy SwitchyOmega" (this plugin is used by old drivers). Be careful not to download the fake version, but recognize the author as the official version of FelisCatus.

Step two:After installation a gray earth icon will appear in the upper right corner. At this point many newbies will go straight to the settings and end up dead in the water -Here's the point!Don't rush to configure, go to the ipipgo website to register an account, find the "Proxy Extraction" function in the user center, and choose a suitable package (we will teach you how to choose later).

// Example: Extracting proxy IPs with ipipgo's APIs
curl "https://api.ipipgo.com/get?key=你的密钥&count=5"

Step Three:Back to the plugin settings page, the protocol type is selected according to what ipipgo provides (HTTP/HTTPS/Socks5 are available). There's a point that's easy to miss:You can't even connect if you put in the wrong port number., suggesting a direct copy and paste.

How to choose ipipgo packages without spending a fortune?

He has a lot of packages to look at, but it's actually a good choice based on business needs:

Here's a cold one:Try their API interface before you buyThe actual success rate of testing proxy IPs is much more reliable than blindly choosing a package.

Frequently Asked Questions First Aid Kit

Q: The plug-in shows connected but the webpage won't open?
A: 80% of the IP is ban by the target website, go to the background of ipipgo to change a batch of new IP. there is also a hidden trick: change the protocol from HTTP to Socks5 to try.

Q: Will it conflict if I open more than one agent at the same time?
A: SwitchyOmega can set up scenarios, such as using US IP for Amazon and Russian IP for SMTP, remember to set up rule diversion in the plugin.

Q: What is the difference between a dynamic IP and a static IP?
A: Simply put, dynamic IP is like a shared bicycle (cheap but may be used by others), static IP is like a private car (expensive but exclusive). Do account registration business must use static, ordinary data collection with dynamic on the line.

Why do you recommend ipipgo?

After using seven or eight agency services, I finally locked in on this one for a very real reason:Customer service at two o'clock in the middle of the night actually returned in secondsI'm not sure if I've ever seen a data migration where the IP was blocked! Once we did data migration and encountered IP blocking, their technology directly gave a carrier IP in a cold country to solve the problem. Another detail, his background can see the use of each IP record, which is particularly useful for troubleshooting.

Recently discovered a new feature:API extraction supports filtering by city. For example, to do localization testing need a specific city IP, do not have to find a needle in a haystack. Although the price is more expensive than the counterparts of a milk tea money, but the victory is stable and worry-free, less hair loss a few times will be worth the price.

The last nagging sentence: proxy plug-ins are just tools, the key is to look at the quality of the IP. I've met too many people cheap to buy poor quality IP, the result is that the account is blocked data scrapped, the money really can not save. Choose a reliable service provider, the follow-up can less step on the pit of 80%.