Switch IP Pools for your cloud runs

May 12, 2022 02:53
Updated

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You may run into the issues below where you want to change your IP to different countries/regions in Octoparse.

Unable to open the target website because it has set IP limitations for certain countries/regions
The target website is very sensitive to web scraping and implements anti-scraping strategies such as IP blocking to stop scraping activities

Octoparse now offers different IP pools to choose from: US, UK, DE, JP, and CN. After choosing one pool, this task will be run with the IPs you select accordingly.

Default is the most used choice if you don't have special requirements and can reach your target website successfully. Generally, default IPs are US IP addresses. For users in Japan, default IPs will be Japanese IP addresses. (If our support team has changed your IP pool before, you can confirm with them which IP group is your default now.)

In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to switch Cloud IP to resolve the issues mentioned above.

1. Click the Task Settings button

2. Find the Public IP Pool and choose your preferred IP group from the dropdown list

3. Click Save

Note: Public IP Pool only works for the Cloud runs. If you want to set up your own IP proxies for Cloud or local runs, please check out at Set up IP proxy

If you need any help with task configuration or data collection, submit a ticket to our support team! We'll get back to you soon.

Author: Kisad

Editor: Yina

1. Click the Task Settings button

2. Find the Public IP Pool and choose your preferred IP group from the dropdown list

3. Click Save

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