Proxy Setup Guides
This is a curated setup library for the tools people actually reach for first, with fewer pages and more practical guidance per guide.
The goal is not to publish one page for every HTTP client ever made. The goal is to document the integrations where configuration mistakes are common enough to deserve a real guide.
This section is for
Developers who need working proxy auth, stable routing, and fewer false starts under concurrency.
What the guides emphasize
Proxy bypass bugs, rotation choices, sticky-session handling, and tool-specific gotchas.
What we intentionally skipped
One-page stubs for niche clients that do not add anything beyond a docs snippet.
Browser Automation
Always call 'page.authenticate()' before initiating your first 'page.goto()' call. If the browser attempts to load a URL before authentication is correctly configured, the proxy gateway will return an HTTP 407 error and immediately terminate the navigation.
Always use 'browser.newContext({ proxy: ... })' instead of setting the proxy globally in the 'launch()' call. This approach allows you to scale your scraping operations by running hundreds of different geolocations in parallel within a single browser process.
Always utilize 'selenium-wire' when your proxy gateway requires authentication. Standard Selenium 'ChromeOptions' do not support passing a username and password to the '--proxy-server' flag, which will lead to un-automatable auth popups.
HTTP Library
Always define both 'http' and 'https' keys in your proxies dictionary. If the 'https' key is missing, requests will silently bypass the proxy for all secure URLs, potentially leaking your real IP address to the target server.
Avoid using the built-in 'proxy' configuration object in Axios when working with authenticated residential proxies. Instead, use https-proxy-agent and pass it to both the httpAgent and httpsAgent fields to ensure consistent behavior across different Node.js versions.
Scraping Framework
Don't see your tool?
ProxyLabs works with any HTTP client that supports proxy configuration. If your tool is not listed here, the right next step is usually adapting one of the nearest guides rather than waiting for another thin page.