proxy-fetcher 0.2.0

Package for fetching and validating working HTTP/HTTPS proxies from multiple sources

Proxy Fetcher

Python package for fetching and validating HTTP/HTTPS proxies from multiple sources.

Features

• Automatic proxy validation
• Multiple sources (Geonode, ProxyScrape, etc.)
• Customizable parameters
• Progress bar with tqdm

Installation

pip install proxy-fetcher

Quick Start

from proxy_fetcher import get_proxies

# Get 10 working proxies (default)
proxies = get_proxies()
print(f"Found {len(proxies)} working proxies")

# Custom settings
proxies = get_proxies(
    MIN_WORKING_PROXIES=15,
    PROXY_LIMIT=50,
    TIMEOUT=10
)

Advanced Usage

from proxy_fetcher import ProxyFetcher

# Manual control
fetcher = ProxyFetcher(
    MIN_WORKING_PROXIES=5,
    TEST_URLS=["http://my-site.com/check-ip"]
)

if fetcher.fetch_proxies():
    print(fetcher.working_proxies)

Configuration Options

Parameter	Default	Description
MIN_WORKING_PROXIES	10	Minimum working proxies to find
PROXY_LIMIT	100	Max proxies to fetch per attempt
TIMEOUT	5	Timeout for validation (seconds)
MAX_ATTEMPTS	3	Max attempts to reach target count
TEST_URLS	See below	URLs for proxy validation

Proxy Storage

Save proxies to file:

from proxy_fetcher import get_proxies

proxies = get_proxies()
with open('proxies.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write('\n'.join(proxies))

Load proxies from file:

with open('proxies.txt') as f:
    loaded_proxies = f.read().splitlines()

License

MIT