Free Proxy Server

A professional Python library for fetching proxy lists from the RedScrape API. This library provides both synchronous and asynchronous clients for seamless integration into your applications.

Features

• 🚀 Both Sync & Async Support - Choose the right approach for your use case
• 🎯 Advanced Filtering - Filter by country, protocol, timeout, and more
• 🔧 Type Safety - Full type hints with Pydantic models
• ⚡ High Performance - Efficient HTTP clients with connection pooling
• 🛡️ Error Handling - Comprehensive exception handling
• 📊 Proxy Validation - Built-in proxy testing and validation utilities
• 🔄 Proxy Rotation - Smart proxy rotation and management
• 📝 Rich Data Models - Structured proxy data with validation

Installation

pip install free-proxy-server

For development dependencies:

pip install free-proxy-server[dev]

Quick Start

Synchronous Usage

from free_proxy_server import ProxyClient, ProxyFilter

# Create a client
client = ProxyClient()

# Get all proxies
proxies = client.get_proxies()
print(f"Found {len(proxies)} proxies")

# Get US proxies with filters
filters = ProxyFilter(
    country="US",
    protocol="http",
    max_timeout=1000,
    working_only=True
)
us_proxies = client.get_proxies(filters)

# Use with requests
import requests
proxy = us_proxies[0]
response = requests.get("http://httpbin.org/ip", proxies=proxy.proxy_dict)
print(response.json())

Asynchronous Usage

import asyncio
from free_proxy_server import AsyncProxyClient, ProxyFilter

async def main():
    # Create async client
    async with AsyncProxyClient() as client:
        # Get proxies asynchronously
        filters = ProxyFilter(country="US", protocol="http")
        proxies = await client.get_proxies(filters)
        
        # Get multiple countries concurrently
        country_proxies = await client.get_multiple_countries(["US", "GB", "DE"])
        
        print(f"Found {sum(len(p) for p in country_proxies)} total proxies")

# Run async function
asyncio.run(main())

API Reference

ProxyClient (Synchronous)

from free_proxy_server import ProxyClient

client = ProxyClient(
    base_url="https://free.redscrape.com/api/",  # API base URL
    timeout=30,                                   # Request timeout
    user_agent="free-proxy-server/1.0.0"        # User agent string
)

Methods

• get_proxies(filters=None, raw_response=False) - Get filtered proxies
• get_proxy_urls(filters=None) - Get proxy URLs as strings
• get_proxy_dicts(filters=None) - Get proxy dicts for requests
• get_working_proxies(filters=None) - Get only working proxies
• get_proxies_by_country(country_code, filters=None) - Get country-specific proxies

AsyncProxyClient (Asynchronous)

from free_proxy_server import AsyncProxyClient

client = AsyncProxyClient(
    base_url="https://free.redscrape.com/api/",
    timeout=30,
    user_agent="free-proxy-server/1.0.0",
    session=None  # Optional aiohttp session
)

Methods

Same as ProxyClient but with async/await:

• await get_proxies(filters=None, raw_response=False)
• await get_proxy_urls(filters=None)
• await get_proxy_dicts(filters=None)
• await get_working_proxies(filters=None)
• await get_proxies_by_country(country_code, filters=None)
• await get_multiple_countries(country_codes, filters=None) - Concurrent fetching

ProxyFilter

from free_proxy_server import ProxyFilter

filters = ProxyFilter(
    country="US",           # Country code (e.g., "US", "GB")
    protocol="http",        # Protocol: http, https, socks4, socks5
    max_timeout=1000,      # Maximum timeout in milliseconds
    min_timeout=100,       # Minimum timeout in milliseconds
    format="json",         # Response format: json, txt
    limit=50,              # Maximum number of proxies
    working_only=True      # Only return working proxies
)

Proxy Model

proxy = proxies[0]

# Properties
print(proxy.address)        # IP address
print(proxy.port)          # Port number
print(proxy.protocol)      # Protocol type
print(proxy.country)       # Country name
print(proxy.country_code)  # Country code
print(proxy.timeout_ms)    # Timeout in milliseconds
print(proxy.is_working)    # Working status
print(proxy.last_checked)  # Last check timestamp

# Methods
print(proxy.url)           # Full URL: protocol://address:port
print(proxy.proxy_dict)    # Dict for requests library
print(str(proxy))          # address:port format

Advanced Usage

Proxy Validation

from free_proxy_server import ProxyValidator

validator = ProxyValidator(timeout=10, test_url="http://httpbin.org/ip")

# Validate single proxy
is_working = validator.validate_proxy(proxy)

# Validate multiple proxies
working_proxies = validator.validate_proxies(proxy_list)

# Async validation
async def validate_async():
    working_proxies = await validator.validate_proxies_async(
        proxy_list,
        max_concurrent=10
    )

Proxy Rotation

from free_proxy_server import ProxyRotator

rotator = ProxyRotator(proxy_list)

# Get next proxy in rotation
proxy = rotator.get_next()

# Get random proxy
proxy = rotator.get_random()

# Remove failed proxy
rotator.remove_proxy(failed_proxy)

# Add new proxy
rotator.add_proxy(new_proxy)

Custom Formatting

from free_proxy_server import ProxyFormatter

# Format for curl
curl_proxies = ProxyFormatter.to_curl_format(proxies)

# Format for requests
request_proxies = ProxyFormatter.to_requests_format(proxies)

# Simple address:port list
simple_list = ProxyFormatter.to_simple_list(proxies)

# CSV format
csv_data = ProxyFormatter.to_csv(proxies, include_headers=True)

Error Handling

from free_proxy_server import (
    ProxyClient, 
    ProxyAPIError, 
    ProxyTimeoutError, 
    ProxyValidationError
)

try:
    client = ProxyClient()
    proxies = client.get_proxies()
except ProxyAPIError as e:
    print(f"API Error: {e} (Status: {e.status_code})")
except ProxyTimeoutError as e:
    print(f"Timeout Error: {e}")
except ProxyValidationError as e:
    print(f"Validation Error: {e}")

Examples

Using with Different HTTP Libraries

With requests

proxy = client.get_proxies()[0]
response = requests.get("http://httpbin.org/ip", proxies=proxy.proxy_dict)

With httpx

import httpx
proxy = client.get_proxies()[0]
with httpx.Client(proxies=proxy.url) as client:
    response = client.get("http://httpbin.org/ip")

With aiohttp

import aiohttp
proxy = await async_client.get_proxies()
async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
    async with session.get("http://httpbin.org/ip", proxy=proxy[0].url) as response:
        data = await response.json()

Filtering Examples

# Get fast US HTTP proxies
fast_us_proxies = client.get_proxies(ProxyFilter(
    country="US",
    protocol="http",
    max_timeout=500,
    working_only=True
))

# Get SOCKS proxies from multiple countries
socks_proxies = client.get_proxies(ProxyFilter(
    protocol="socks5",
    working_only=True,
    limit=20
))

# Get proxies with custom parameters
custom_proxies = client.get_proxies({
    "country": "GB",
    "max_timeout": 1000,
    "format": "json"
})

API Response Examples

JSON Response Format

[
  {
    "address": "35.222.31.167",
    "port": 80,
    "protocol": "http",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "US",
    "timeout_ms": 590,
    "is_working": true,
    "last_checked": "2025-09-20T01:49:26.531472616Z"
  }
]

Text Response Format

201.174.239.25:8080
190.242.157.215:8080
104.238.30.17:54112
37.200.67.75:1080

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/redscrape/free-proxy-server.git
cd free-proxy-server

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .[dev]

# Run tests
pytest

# Run linting
black .
isort .
flake8 .
mypy .

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

• 📧 Email: contact@redscrape.com
• 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
• 📖 Documentation: Read the Docs

Changelog

v1.0.0

• Initial release
• Synchronous and asynchronous proxy clients
• Advanced filtering and validation
• Comprehensive documentation and examples