> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.oxylabs.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.oxylabs.io/products/proxies/datacenter-proxies.md).

# Datacenter Proxies

See how to use Datacenter Proxies. Find code samples, IP control information, location settings, and other details.

To start using Oxylabs Datacenter Proxies, you must first go to [**Oxylabs dashboard**](https://dashboard.oxylabs.io/en/) and create an Datacenter Proxies product instance:

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### **Add a product instance**

Click **+ Add product instance** and select Datacenter proxies.

<img src="https://3826932121-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBQ7Zf9paoN3FTeGcyfY1%2Fuploads%2FrMQ6HYYcmHFtoVqcXRoe%2Funknown.png?alt=media&amp;token=37976c74-cb7b-45b5-91d7-09258e4e540c" alt="" height="287" width="610">
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### **Set up your proxies**

Choose either **Pay per IP** or **Pay per GB**, and set the instance name.

<img src="https://3826932121-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBQ7Zf9paoN3FTeGcyfY1%2Fuploads%2Fj7H1OWwOeesdv4Vsr7Mu%2Funknown.png?alt=media&amp;token=34ee068a-4ddc-443c-b13f-5a44732e53c7" alt="" height="373" width="624">

**If you chose Pay per IP:** Set up the IP locations and choose the number of IPs for each location.

{% hint style="success" %}
Continuing with no chosen locations will assign IPs randomly.
{% endhint %}

<img src="https://3826932121-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBQ7Zf9paoN3FTeGcyfY1%2Fuploads%2FZkifvSJ4JdhTbcgL6yh1%2Funknown.png?alt=media&amp;token=ccbec379-a886-4809-a36f-f288d977b116" alt="" height="379" width="624">

Finish by configuring your authentication settings, and click **Create instance**.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### **Get credentials**

Click on your Datacenter Proxies instance in the dashboard home instance table and confirm your proxy user credentials.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

## Making requests

Copy the code below in your preferred language and change the `USERNAME` and `PASSWORD` parameters to your proxy credentials:

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

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
#pip install requests
import requests

username = 'USERNAME'
password = 'PASSWORD'
proxy = 'dc.oxylabs.io:8000'

proxies = {
   "https": ('https://user-%s:%s@%s' % (username, password, proxy))
}

response=requests.get("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location", proxies=proxies)

print(response.content)
```

{% endtab %}

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

<pre class="language-javascript"><code class="lang-javascript"><strong>//npm install axios
</strong><strong>const axios = require("axios");
</strong>const https = require("https");

const client = axios.create({
    httpsAgent: new https.Agent({
        rejectUnauthorized: false,
    }),
});
const username = 'USERNAME';
const password = 'PASSWORD'

client
    .get("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location", {
        proxy: {
            protocol: "https",
            host: "dc.oxylabs.io",
            port: 8000,
            auth: {
                username: `user-${username}`,
                password: password,
            },
        },
    })
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(res.data);
    })
    .catch((err) => console.error(err));

</code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$username = 'USERNAME';
$password = 'PASSWORD';
$proxy = 'dc.oxylabs.io:8000';
$target = 'https://ip.oxylabs.io/location';

$request = curl_init($target);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "user-$username:$password");
$responseBody = curl_exec($request);
$error = curl_error($request);
curl_close($request);

if ($responseBody !== false) {
    echo 'Response: ' . $responseBody;
} else {
    echo 'Failed to connect to proxy: ' . $error;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	username, password, entry := "USERNAME", "PASSWORD", "dc.oxylabs.io:8000"
	proxy, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("https://user-%s:%s@%s", username, password, entry))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	transport := &http.Transport{
		Proxy: http.ProxyURL(proxy),
	}
	client := &http.Client{Transport: transport}
	target := "https://ip.oxylabs.io/location"
	response, err := client.Get(target)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer response.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println("Response:")
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
package com.example;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.Base64;

import org.apache.hc.client5.http.fluent.Request;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
        String target = "http://ip.oxylabs.io/location";
        String username = "USERNAME";
        String password = "PASSWORD";
        String proxy = "dc.oxylabs.io:8000";

        URI proxyURI = new URI(String.format("https://user-%s:%s@%s", username, password, proxy));

        String basicAuth = new String(
                Base64.getEncoder()
                        .encode(
                                proxyURI.getUserInfo().getBytes()));
        String response = Request.get(target)
                .addHeader("Proxy-Authorization", "Basic " + basicAuth)
                .viaProxy(HttpHost.create(proxyURI))
                .execute().returnContent().asString();

        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System.Net;

// .NET currently does not support HTTPS proxies
var proxy = new WebProxy {
    Address = new Uri("dc.oxylabs.io:8000"),
    Credentials = new NetworkCredential(
        userName: "user-USERNAME",
        password: "PASSWORD"
    )
};

var httpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler {Proxy = proxy};

using var client = new HttpClient(handler: httpClientHandler, disposeHandler: true);

var result = await client.GetStringAsync("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location");
Console.WriteLine(result);
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

To get **a specific proxy** while making requests, refer to [**IP Control**](/products/proxies/datacenter-proxies/ip-control.md) page.

{% hint style="info" %}
Use [**ip.oxylabs.io/location**](https://ip.oxylabs.io/location) to check the parameters of your IPs — this domain delivers information from four geolocation databases: MaxMind, IP2Location, DB-IP, and IPinfo.io. The parameters include IP address, provider, country, city, ZIP code, ASN, organization name, time zone, and meta (when disclosed by database).
{% endhint %}


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