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# Start using Datacenter Proxies per IP

### Set up your proxy user

Create an account on the Oxylabs dashboard. Your proxy username and password are the credentials to access the service.

### Send a cURL request

Once you’ve created a proxy user, you’ll find a cURL example that you can use to receive a random IP:

```
curl -x dc.oxylabs.io:8000 -U "user-USERNAME:PASSWORD" https://ip.oxylabs.io/location
```

Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your proxy user credentials. Enter this command in your terminal or another setup to make a basic request with the first IP from your proxy list.

### IP control

You can also use a specific static port to make requests. You will find port numbers in your [proxy list](https://oxylabs.io/blog/datacenter-proxies-quick-start-guide-gb-ip). To do so, you should navigate to My Products -> Datacenter Proxies -> Proxy list.

Here is an example using a port (8001) for a static session:

```
curl -x dc.oxylabs.io:8001 -U user-USERNAME:PASSWORD https://ip.oxylabs.io/location
```

### Verify IP parameters

Use ip.oxylabs.io/location to check the parameters of your IPs. This endpoint provides information from four geolocation databases: MaxMind, IP2Location, DB-IP, and IPinfo.io. The details include IP address, provider, country, city, ZIP code, ASN, organization name, time zone, and meta information when available.

### Location parameters

To determine the location of your IPs, use <https://ip.oxylabs.io/location>. Accessing an IP with a specific location does not require additional parameters. Simply send a request to the port corresponding to the IP assigned to your desired location.

### Select country

For rotating IPs within a specific country, include a country parameter in your user string. For instance, to rotate only within the US proxy pool, use the parameter country-US:

```
curl -x dc.oxylabs.io:8000 -U "user-USERNAME-country-US:PASSWORD" https://ip.oxylabs.io/location
```

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