How to use rotating proxies with Python requests

Rotating proxies give you a new IP address for every request, which spreads your traffic across thousands of addresses and keeps rate limits away.

1. Get your credentials

Open Dashboard → My proxies, pick a plan and copy the host, port, username and password.

2. Send a request through the gateway

import requests

proxy = "http://USERNAME:[email protected]:8000"
proxies = {"http": proxy, "https": proxy}

r = requests.get("https://api.ipify.org?format=json", proxies=proxies, timeout=30)
print(r.json())

Run it a few times — you will see a different IP each time.

3. Target a country

Add the country to your username, for example USERNAME-country-us. The proxy generator in your dashboard builds these strings for you.

4. Keep the same IP (sticky sessions)

Some flows, like logging in, need the same IP for a few minutes. Add a session id: USERNAME-session-abc123. Requests with the same id keep their IP.

Tips for reliable scraping

1. Set a timeout on every request.
2. Retry failed requests with a short back-off.
3. Send realistic headers, including a current User-Agent.