Set up IP proxies (Version 8)

If you've run into any of the issues below, you may want to try setting up IP proxies manually in Octoparse:

• If you are unable to log into Octotoparse because your company or institution uses intranet and restricts external requests. T
• If your target website is very sensitive to web scraping and implements anti-scraping strategies such as IP blocking to stop scraping activities.  

In this tutorial, I will show you how to set up the proxies to resolve the issues mentioned above.

1. Use a proxy to login Octoparse

If you fail to log in to Octoparse due to network restrictions, you can set up a proxy on the login interface.

• Click the on the top right

• Enter proxy information as required

• Click "Test" and see if the connection is good
• Click "Confirm" to save

2. Rotate external proxy servers to counteract IP blocking 

*Note that it is only possible to rotate external proxy servers for local runs but not Cloud runs.

• Launch the task which you want to set up proxies for
• Click  on the top left

• Tick "Use IP Proxies" and enter the proxy info in the "Settings"

Octoparse only supports HTTP proxies. Please separate the IP address of the proxy server and port number with a colon. e.g. 58.22.214.29:2318. 

• Click "OK" and "Save" to save your changes

Author: Yina

Edited by Isabel