Datacenter Proxies

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

User credentials

To start using Oxylabs' Datacenter Proxies, you must first go to Oxylabs' dashboard and purchase a plan that fits your needs.

After that, you will be guided to create your proxy user. Proxy user credentials are your access to Datacenter Proxies.

Store your credentials safely. The password is visible temporarily, but you can easily change it later in the dashboard.

Making requests

Once you create a proxy user, a pop-up will appear displaying your first cURL request to test Datacenter Proxies. Running the code will pick a random proxy IP, make an HTTP request, and print the IP to the output.

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

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

#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)

//npm install axios
const axios = require("axios");
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));

<?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;
}

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))
}

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);
    }
}

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);

To get a specific proxy while making requests, refer to IP Control page.

Use 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).

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