Making Requests
Basic query
Basic query only requires passing username
and password
. No other parameters are needed. Such a query will result in the request being made from a random IP address (proxy). Every new request will use a different proxy.
Code examples
In this example, a query to ip.oxylabs.io
is performed from a random IP:
A single backconnect proxy enables you to choose a specific country proxy via additional parameters in the username. This approach also supports session control. Below is a sample of credentials structure:
customer-USERNAME-cc-US-sessid-abcde12345:PASSWORD
Query parameters
customer
Username
cc
city
st
sessid
Session ID to keep the same IP with upcoming queries. The session expires in 10 minutes. After that, a new IP address is assigned to that session ID. Random string, 0-9, and A-Z characters are supported.
sesstime
The session time parameter keeps the same IP for a certain period. The maximum session time is 30 minutes.
password
Password
- required parameter
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