Set Proxy from API

We recommend that you read the Getting started with Kameleo Automation article before reading this one.

In this article, we'll demonstrate how to set up and update a proxy for a Kameleo profile using the Local API Clients. Setting up a proxy allows you to route your browsing traffic through a designated proxy server, which can be useful for various web-scraping or browser automation tasks. We have a separate article about why you need to use a good residential proxy to have the best protection while you are using Kameleo, and we also have an article if you are not familiar with the proxy providers:

• Why is a proxy important? How to change your IP address?
• Proxy Integrations

Concept

When creating a new profile via the Kameleo Local API, you can specify a proxy configuration using the setProxy method. This method accepts the following proxy types:

• HTTP
• SOCKS5
• SSH

Furthermore, once you select your desired proxy type, you also need to fill in the follow-up information on the proxy details such as Host, Port, Username, and Password.

With the built-in proxy manager, you can easily integrate any proxy provider with Kameleo even through the Local API.

Setting a Proxy During Profile Creation

• const createProfileRequest = BuilderForCreateProfile
      .forBaseProfile(chromeBaseProfileList[0].id)
      .setName('NodeJS Proxy Example')
      .setRecommendedDefaults()
      .setProxy(
          'socks5',
          {
              host: process.env.PROXY_HOST || '',
              port: Number(process.env.PROXY_PORT) || ,
              id: process.env.PROXY_USERNAME || '',
              secret: process.env.PROXY_PASSWORD || '',
          },
      )
      .build();
  const profile = await client.createProfile({
      body: createProfileRequest,
  });

• var createProfileRequest = BuilderForCreateProfile
    .ForBaseProfile(baseProfileList[0].Id)
    .SetName("C# Proxy Example")
    .SetRecommendedDefaults()
    .SetProxy("socks5", new Server("<proxy_host>", <proxy_port>, "<username>", "<password>"))
    .Build();
  
  var profile = await client.CreateProfileAsync(createProfileRequest);

• create_profile_request = BuilderForCreateProfile \
    .for_base_profile(base_profiles[0].id) \
    .set_name('Python Proxy Example') \
    .set_recommended_defaults() \
    .set_proxy('socks5', Server(host='<proxy_host>', port=<proxy_port>, id='<username>', secret='<password>')) \
    .build()
  profile = client.create_profile(body=create_profile_request)

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