Using Python requests in 2025

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🐍 Introduction

When working with proxies, Python's requests library is a go-to solution for sending HTTP requests efficiently. In this tutorial, we'll explore how to send a request to your endpoint and check if your proxy is working. Let's dive deeper into proxy usage together!

💻 Setting Up Your Proxy Configuration

To get started, you need to configure your proxy settings. Follow these step-by-step instructions:

Step 1: Gather Your Proxy Credentials

After purchasing a plan on PinguProxy, you’ll find your unique credentials in the dashboard.

  • Username: Your proxy username
  • Password: Your proxy password
  • Proxy IP: The proxy server IP address
  • Proxy Port: The port for the proxy server

Step 2: Install the requests Library

Ensure your Python environment has the requests library installed. You can install it by running the following command:

pip install requests

Step 3: Write the Python Script

Here’s how to configure and test your proxy with Python:

import requests

# Step 3.1: Proxy credentials (replace with your values)
USERNAME = "PROXY_USERNAME"
PASSWORD = "PROXY_PASSWORD"
PROXY_IP = "PROXY_IP"
PROXY_PORT = "PROXY_PORT"

# Step 3.2: Configure proxies
proxies = {
    "http": f"http://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@{PROXY_IP}:{PROXY_PORT}",
    "https": f"http://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@{PROXY_IP}:{PROXY_PORT}",
}

# Step 3.3: Define the endpoint
url = "https://pinguproxy.com/ip"

try:
    # Step 3.4: Send a GET request through the proxy
    response = requests.get(url, proxies=proxies, timeout=10)
    response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an error for bad responses
    print("Your IP Address:", response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

Step 4: Test Your Proxy

Run the script to verify your proxy configuration. If everything is set up correctly, the endpoint will return the IP address seen by the server, confirming that your proxy works.

Expected Output

If the proxy is functional, you’ll see something like this:

Your IP Address: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::

If there’s an issue, an error message will appear:

An error occurred: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pinguproxy.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /ip (Caused by ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy'))

🚀 Ready to Get Started?

You’re now ready to harness the power of PinguProxy! If you have questions or need assistance, our support team is available 24/7 at [email protected].

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