# Proxy Rotator - Optional

This service is optional, if you wish to use Proxy Rotator - contact your Account Manager to receive a domain.

Instead of connecting to individual IPs, we provide you with a single endpoint to your assigned proxy list. With every request, the endpoint fetches a different IP. Please see the example below to learn how to use the endpoint as a proxy.

{% hint style="info" %}
The [vm.oxylabs.io](http://vm.oxylabs.io) domain is an example only. Contact your Account Manager to get a domain forwarded to you.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="success" %}
Proxy Rotator should be used only with port `60000`.
{% endhint %}

#### Code examples

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

```shell
curl -x vm.oxylabs.io:60000 -U user1:pass1 https://ip.oxylabs.io/location
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php
$query = curl_init('https://ip.oxylabs.io/location');
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_PROXY, 'http://vm.oxylabs.io:60000');
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "username:password");
$output = curl_exec($query);
curl_close($query);
if ($output) {
    echo $output;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://ip.oxylabs.io/location',
    proxies={'http': 'http://user1:pass1@vm.oxylabs.io:60000',
            'https': 'http://user1:pass1@vm.oxylabs.io:60000'}
)
print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System;
using System.Net;

class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var proxy = new WebProxy
        {
            Address = new Uri($"http://vm.oxylabs.io:60000"),
            BypassProxyOnLocal = false,
            UseDefaultCredentials = false,
            Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password")
        };

        var handler = new HttpClientHandler
        {
            Proxy = proxy,
        };

        HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);
        var task = Task.Run(async () =>
        {
            var response = await client.GetAsync("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location");
            var content = response.Content;
            var result = await content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            return result;
        });

        task.Wait();
        Console.WriteLine(task.Result);
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
Proxy rotation selects IPs only from proxies within the ASNs you selected during initial setup. Automatic rotation will not switch to a different ISPs or change your ASNs you did not choose.
{% endhint %}

### Session Control Using Proxy Rotator

It is possible to keep the same IP address with the Proxy Rotator. Firstly, you will need to know how many proxies your Proxy Rotator has. Then add the `--proxy-header "Proxy-Server: sXXX"` header to your request, where `sXXX` is the number of the proxy, for example, `s5` or `s2541`.

#### Code examples

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

```shell
user1@machine:~$ curl -x vm.oxylabs.io:60000 -U user1:pass1 https://ip.oxylabs.io/location --proxy-header "Proxy-Server: s10"
1.2.30.40
user1@machine:~$ curl -x vm.oxylabs.io:60000 -U user1:pass1 https://ip.oxylabs.io/location --proxy-header "Proxy-Server: s10"
1.2.30.40
user1@machine:~$ curl -x vm.oxylabs.io:60000 -U user1:pass1 https://ip.oxylabs.io/location --proxy-header "Proxy-Server: s10"
1.2.30.40
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php
$query = curl_init('https://ip.oxylabs.io/location');
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_PROXY, 'http://vm.oxylabs.io:60000');
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "username:password");
curl_setopt($query, CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER, [
    "Proxy-Server: s10",
]);

$output = curl_exec($query);
curl_close($query);
if ($output) {
    echo $output;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests


class ProxyAdapter(requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter):
    def proxy_headers(self, proxy):
        headers = super(ProxyAdapter, self).proxy_headers(proxy)
        headers['Proxy-Server'] = 's10'
        return headers


s = requests.Session()
s.proxies = {'http': 'http://username:password@vm.oxylabs.io:60000',
             'https': 'http://username:password@vm.oxylabs.io:60000'}
s.mount('http://', ProxyAdapter())
s.mount('https://', ProxyAdapter())
response = s.get('https://ip.oxylabs.io/location')
print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System;
using System.Net;

class Example
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var client = new WebClient();
        client.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://vm.oxylabs.io:60000");
        client.Proxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user1", "pass1");

        client.Headers.Add("Proxy-Server", "s10");

        Console.WriteLine(client.DownloadString("https://ip.oxylabs.io/location"));
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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