Proxy formats for bots and automation tools

Most bots and automation tools take a proxy as one line of text. They differ in the order of the parts. This page gives our proxy in each common format, so you can paste the one your tool asks for.

The four parts

Part	Value
Host	proxy.privatebyte.com
Port	3128 for HTTP, 1080 for SOCKS5
Username	Your proxy API key
Password	A tier and its options, for example standard_country-US

Common formats

Replace YOUR_KEY with your key and PASSWORD with your tier string.

Format the tool asks for	What to paste
host:port:user:pass	proxy.privatebyte.com:3128:YOUR_KEY:PASSWORD
user:pass@host:port	YOUR_KEY:[email protected]:3128
user:pass:host:port	YOUR_KEY:PASSWORD:proxy.privatebyte.com:3128
URL, HTTP	http://YOUR_KEY:[email protected]:3128
URL, SOCKS5	socks5://YOUR_KEY:[email protected]:1080

The password contains underscores and hyphens but no colons or @ signs, so it is safe in every format above.

One IP per task

Bots usually run many tasks at once. Give each task its own session name so each keeps its own IP:

proxy.privatebyte.com:3128:YOUR_KEY:standard_country-US_session-task1_ttl-30
proxy.privatebyte.com:3128:YOUR_KEY:standard_country-US_session-task2_ttl-30
proxy.privatebyte.com:3128:YOUR_KEY:standard_country-US_session-task3_ttl-30

Without a session, each request can leave from a different IP. See sticky sessions and rotating explained.

Which tier

• standard for rotating or timed residential IPs. Start here.
• sticky_clean when a task has several steps on a strict site.
• mobile when the tool needs a carrier IP.
• datacenter for high-volume work on sites that accept datacenter addresses. It is US only during the beta and has no sessions.

Test one line first

Before you load a full list into a tool, test one line with curl:

curl --proxy 'http://YOUR_KEY:[email protected]:3128' https://api.ipify.org

It should print an IP address that is not your own. If it fails, see proxy troubleshooting.

What we do not allow

Follow our acceptable use policy and the terms of the sites you use. Using software to get round purchase limits on event tickets is against the law in the United States and the United Kingdom, and we do not allow it on our network. No proxy guarantees that a site will accept a request or complete a purchase.

Next

Proxy credit is billed per GB and never expires. See the tiers and rates, or the connection format for every option.