Geolocation & Proxy Selection

Find out how to use the location parameters to access web data from specific locations.

Use geolocation and proxy routing parameters directly to the WebSocket connection URL to route your automated Headless Browser sessions through targeted geographic regions and control your proxy IP usage.

Geolocation parameters

You can target specific geographic locations by country, state, or city using three primary query parameters.

Country

p_cc	2 letter country code (e.g., US, DE, FR). If no country is specified, it's automatically assigned based on availability.

wss://USER:[e-mail]?p_cc=US

City

p_city	City name written in lowercase (e.g., berlin, los_angeles). Must also specify either p_cc or p_state.

wss://USER:[e-mail]?p_cc=US&p_city=new_york

City-level targeting operates as best-effort preference. If the residential proxy pool doesn't have an available proxy in exact requested location, it automatically falls back to the country scope.

State (US-only)

p_state	US state name in lowercase (e.g., texas, ohio). See the full supported states list.

wss://USER:[e-mail]?p_state=texas&p_city=houston

Note: If p_state and p_cc are both specified, p_state takes priority and p_cc is ignored.

Proxy selection (sticky proxies)

By default, the proxy gateway assigns a fresh exit IP to each unique browser connection session. Alternatively, you can pin a specific residential exit IP across continuous browser connection attempts by including the proxy_resi_ses_id and proxy_resi_ses_time parameters.

Parameter	Description	Type
proxy_resi_ses_id	Alphanumeric session tracker name ranging from 3 to 36 characters.	string
proxy_resi_ses_time	Number of minutes to hold the pinned residential proxy exit IP. Min – 1 minute, max – 1440 minutes (24 hours).	integer

# Example: Pin a US-based IP for a 60 minutes
wss://USER:[e-mail]?p_cc=US&proxy_resi_ses_id=unique_job_id_101&proxy_resi_ses_time=60

To maintain the exact same exit IP across consecutive connections, you must pass identical values for both proxy_resi_ses_id and proxy_resi_ses_time in every subsequent URL string.

Code examples

The following examples show how to construct connection strings that apply geographic targeting together sticky residential proxy IP constraints.

Python (Playwright)

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

username = "USERNAME_abc12"
password = "PASSWORD"
endpoint = "ubc.oxylabs.io"

# Target New York city and pin the residential IP for 30 minutes
geolocation = "p_cc=US&p_city=new_york"
sticky_proxy = "proxy_resi_ses_id=scrape_session_404&proxy_resi_ses_time=30"
browser_url = f"wss://{username}:{password}@{endpoint}?{geolocation}&{sticky_proxy}"

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.connect_over_cdp(browser_url)
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.goto("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location")
    print(page.title())
    browser.close()

JavaScript (Playwright)

import { chromium } from "playwright";

const username = "USERNAME_abc12";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const endpoint = "ubc.oxylabs.io";

// Target Texas state and pin the residential IP for 60 minutes
const geolocation = "p_state=texas&p_city=houston";
const sticky_proxy = "proxy_resi_ses_id=scrape_session_404&proxy_resi_ses_time=60";
const browserUrl = `wss://${username}:${password}@${endpoint}?${geolocation}&${sticky_proxy}`;

(async () => {
    const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(browserUrl);
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location");
    console.log(await page.title());
    await browser.close();
})();

JavaScript (Puppeteer)

import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';

(async () => {
    const username = 'USERNAME';
    const password = 'PASSWORD';
    const endpoint = 'ubc.oxylabs.io';
    
    // Target Texas state and pin the residential IP for 60 minutes
    const geolocation = "p_state=texas&p_city=houston";
    const sticky_proxy = "proxy_resi_ses_id=scrape_session_404&proxy_resi_ses_time=60";
    const browserUrl = `wss://${username}:${password}@${endpoint}?${geolocation}&${sticky_proxy}`;

    const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
        browserWSEndpoint: browserUrl
    });
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://example.com');
    await browser.close();
})();