# Session

If you want to use the same proxy to make multiple requests, you can add the `X-Oxylabs-Session-Id` header with a randomly-generated string to the session ID. We will assign an individual proxy to this ID and use it for all following requests for up to 10 minutes. After that, we will assign a new proxy to that particular session ID.

{% hint style="info" %}
For optimal website unblocking, Web Unblocker employs pre-defined sessions. Please **refrain from sending any custom parameters commonly used for unblocking**, as they may interfere with Web Unblocker’s ability to get quality data.
{% endhint %}

#### Code examples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```shell
curl -k -v -x https://unblock.oxylabs.io:60000 \
-U 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
'https://ip.oxylabs.io/location' \
-H 'X-Oxylabs-Session-Id: 123randomString'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

# Use your Web Unblocker credentials here.
USERNAME, PASSWORD = 'YOUR_USERNAME', 'YOUR_PASSWORD'

# Define proxy dict.
proxies = {
  'http': f'http://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@unblock.oxylabs.io:60000',
  'https': f'https://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@unblock.oxylabs.io:60000',
}

headers = {
    'X-Oxylabs-Session-Id': '123randomString'
}

response = requests.get(
    'https://ip.oxylabs.io/location',
    verify=False,  # It is required to ignore certificate
    proxies=proxies,
    headers=headers,
)

# Print result page to stdout
print(response.text)

# Save returned HTML to result.html file
with open('result.html', 'w') as f:
    f.write(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
import fetch from 'node-fetch';
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';

const username = 'YOUR_USERNAME';
const password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD';

const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(
  `https://${username}:${password}@unblock.oxylabs.io:60000`
);

// We recommend accepting our certificate instead of allowing insecure (http) traffic
process.env['NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED'] = 0;

const headers = {
  'X-Oxylabs-Session-Id': '123randomString',
}

const response = await fetch('https://ip.oxylabs.io/location', {
  method: 'get',
  headers: headers,
  agent: agent,
});

console.log(await response.text());
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php
$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://ip.oxylabs.io/location');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, 'https://unblock.oxylabs.io:60000');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, 'YOUR_USERNAME' . ':' . 'YOUR_PASSWORD');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER  => [
        'X-Oxylabs-Session-Id: 123randomString',
    ]
]);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}

curl_close($ch);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Golang" %}

```go
package main

import (
	"crypto/tls"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	const Username = "YOUR_USERNAME"
	const Password = "YOUR_PASSWORD"

	proxyUrl, _ := url.Parse(
		fmt.Sprintf(
			"https://%s:%s@unblock.oxylabs.io:60000",
			Username,
			Password,
		),
	)
	customTransport := &http.Transport{Proxy: http.ProxyURL(proxyUrl)}

	// We recommend accepting our certificate instead of allowing insecure (http) traffic
	customTransport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}

	client := &http.Client{Transport: customTransport}
	request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET",
		"https://ip.oxylabs.io/location",
		nil,
	)
	
	// Add X-Oxylabs-Session-Id header
	request.Header.Add("X-Oxylabs-Session-Id", "123randomString")
	
	response, _ := client.Do(request)

	responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            var webProxy = new WebProxy
            {
                Address = new Uri("https://unblock.oxylabs.io:60000"),
                BypassProxyOnLocal = false,
                UseDefaultCredentials = false,

                Credentials = new NetworkCredential(
                userName: "YOUR_USERNAME",
                password: "YOUR_PASSWORD"
                )
            };

            var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
            {
                Proxy = webProxy,
            };

            // We recommend accepting our certificate instead of allowing insecure (http) traffic
            httpClientHandler.ClientCertificateOptions = ClientCertificateOption.Manual;
            httpClientHandler.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback =
                (httpRequestMessage, cert, cetChain, policyErrors) =>
                {
                    return true;
                };


            var client = new HttpClient(handler: httpClientHandler, disposeHandler: true);
            
            // Add X-Oxylabs-Session-Id header
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Oxylabs-Session-Id", "123randomString");
            
            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "");

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
package org.example;

import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.CredentialsProvider;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.config.RequestConfig;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.CredentialsProviderBuilder;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder;
import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.TrustAllStrategy;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.StatusLine;
import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Properties;


public class Main {

    public static void main(final String[] args)throws Exception {
        final CredentialsProvider credsProvider = CredentialsProviderBuilder.create()
                .add(new AuthScope("unblock.oxylabs.io", 60000), "USERNAME", "PASSWORD".toCharArray())
                .build();
        final HttpHost target = new HttpHost("https", "ip.oxylabs.io", 443);
        final HttpHost proxy = new HttpHost("https", "unblock.oxylabs.io", 60000);
        try (final CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.custom()
                .setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credsProvider)
                .setProxy(proxy)
                // We recommend accepting our certificate instead of allowing insecure (http) traffic
                .setConnectionManager(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder.create()
                        .setSSLSocketFactory(SSLConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder.create()
                                .setSslContext(SSLContextBuilder.create()
                                        .loadTrustMaterial(TrustAllStrategy.INSTANCE)
                                        .build())
                                .setHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE)
                                .build())
                        .build())
                .build()) {

            final RequestConfig config = RequestConfig.custom()
                    .build();
            final HttpGet request = new HttpGet("/location");
            request.addHeader("X-Oxylabs-Session-Id","123randomString");
            request.setConfig(config);

            System.out.println("Executing request " + request.getMethod() + " " + request.getUri() +
                    " via " + proxy + " headers: " + Arrays.toString(request.getHeaders()));

            httpclient.execute(target, request, response -> {
                System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
                System.out.println(request + "->" + new StatusLine(response));
                EntityUtils.consume(response.getEntity());
                return null;
            });
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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```

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