Proxy Integrations

If you're like most web developers and scraping experts, you've probably used Selenium or an equivalent browser automation tool for one of your projects. These are powerful testing and web page interaction tools but in most cases they require a proper proxy IP integration to successfully complete certain job types without getting blocked. There are 2 options for proxy integrations — the first is integrating directly with Bright Data super proxies and the second is through the Bright Data proxy manager.

Selenium proxy integration

Selenium web driver is a popular browser automation tool among Python coders that may be used to create realistic browsing situations for the most precise website testing as well as web scraping that emulates a real-user's interaction with the web page.

To integrate Selenium with Bright Data super proxies, follow these steps:

• First, access your Bright Data control panel and click ‘add zone’.
• Select your preferred network type - Datacenter, ISP, Residential, Mobile, etc. and click 'add zone' again.
• In Selenium web driver, fill in the Proxy IP:Port in the setProxy function for example zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225 of both HTTP and HTTPS.
• Under sendKeys input your Bright Data account ID and proxy zone name:lum-customer-CUSTOMER-zone-YOURZONE and your zone password found in the proxy zone
• settings.
• Here is an example of what your code should look like:

const {Builder, By, Key, until} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const proxy = require('selenium-webdriver/proxy');

(async function example(){
  let driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('firefox').setProxy(proxy.manual({
    http: 'zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225',
    https: 'zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225'
  })).build()

  try {
    await driver.get('http://lumtest.com/myip.json');
    driver.switchTo().alert()
      .sendKeys('lum-customer-USERNAME-zone-YOURZONE'+Key.TAB+'PASSWORD');
    driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
  } finally {
      await driver.quit();
  }
})();

To integrate Selenium with Bright Data proxy manager, follow these steps:

• Create a proxy zone with the network, IP type, and number of IPs you require.
• Install the Bright Data Proxy Manager on your machine or access it via cloud on your Bright Data control panel.
• Click the ‘add new proxy’ option and choose the zone and settings you require for it, then click ‘save’.
• Go to Selenium web driver. Under the setProxy type in your local IP and proxy manager port (i.e. 127.0.0.1:24000).
• The local host IP is 127.0.0.1.
• The port that is created in the Proxy Manager is in the format 24XXX, for example 24000.
• Don't type username and password into the fields — the Bright Data Proxy Manager is already authenticated with the Super Proxy server.
• Here is an example how your Selenium code should look like:

const {Builder, By, Key, until} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const proxy = require('selenium-webdriver/proxy');

(async function example(){
    let driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('firefox').setProxy(proxy.manual({
        http: '127.0.0.1:24000',
        https: '127.0.0.1:24000'
    })).build()

    try {
        await driver.get('http://lumtest.com/myip.json');
        driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
    } finally {
        await driver.quit();
    }
})();

Start using the Selenium proxy integration here.

Puppeteer proxy integration

Puppeteer is a Node library created to control and automate headless and non-headless Chrome and Chromium browsers with its high-level API. Though it wasn't originally designed to be used as a testing platform, it has become a very popular alternative to Selenium among JavaScript users and features some additional stealth extra plug-ins.

To integrate Puppeteer with Bright Data super proxies, follow these steps:

• First, access your Bright Data control panel and click ‘add zone’.
• Select your preferred proxy network type - Datacenter, ISP, Residential, Mobile, etc. and click 'add zone' again.
• Go to Puppeteer, add the Proxy IP:Port in the proxy-server value, for instance zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225 .
• Under the page.authenticate insert your Bright Data account ID and proxy zone name in the username value, this way: lum-customer-CUSTOMER-zone-YOURZONE and your proxy zone password found in the proxy zone settings.
• Here is an example how what your Puppeteer code should look like:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
    headless: false,
    args: ['--proxy-server=zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225']
  });
  const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.authenticate({
        username: 'lum-customer-USERNAME-zone-YOURZONE',
        password: 'PASSWORD'
    });
    await page.goto('http://lumtest.com/myip.json');
    await page.screenshot({path: 'example.png'});
    await browser.close();
})();

To integrate Puppeteer with Bright Data proxy manager, follow these steps:

• Access your Bright Data control panel and create a zone with the proxy network type, IP type, and number of IPs you require.
• Install the Proxy Manager on your device or access it via the cloud on your Bright Data control panel.
• Click ‘add new proxy’ and choose the zone and settings you require, click ‘save’.
• In Puppeteer, under the proxy-server, insert your local IP and Bright Data Proxy Manager port (i.e. 127.0.0.1:24000).
• The local host IP is 127.0.0.1
• The port created by default in the Bright Data Proxy Manager is in the format 24XXX, e.g., 24000.
• Don't type username and password into the fields — the Bright Data Proxy Manager is already authenticated with the Super Proxy server.
• Here is an example how what your Puppeteer code should look like:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

(async () => {
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        headless: false,
        args: ['--proxy-server=127.0.0.1:24000']
    });
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.authenticate();
    await page.goto('http://lumtest.com/myip.json');
    await page.screenshot({path: 'example.png'});
    await browser.close();
})();

Start using the Bright Data Puppeteer proxy integration here.

Playwright proxy integration

Playwright is a Node.js library that allows Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit automation using a single API. Here are the steps for a quick Playwright proxy Integration with Bright Data.

To integrate Playwright with Bright Data super proxies, follow these steps:

• First, access your Bright Data control panel and click ‘add a zone’.
• Select your preferred proxy network type - Datacenter, ISP, Residential, Mobile, etc. and click 'add zone' again.
• Go to Playwright and insert the Proxy IP:Port in the server value, for example http://zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225 .
• Under username type in your Bright Data account ID and proxy zone name, for example:lum-customer-CUSTOMER-zone-YOURZONE and under password type in your zone password found in the Bright data proxy zone settings.
• Here is an example how what your Playwright code should look like:

const playwright = require('playwright');

(async () => {
    for (const browserType of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
        const browser = await playwright[browserType].launch({
            headless: false,
            proxy: {
                server: 'http://zproxy.lum-superproxy.io:22225',
                username: 'lum-customer-USERNAME-zone-YOURZONE',
                password: 'PASSWORD'
            },
        });
        const context = await browser.newContext();
        const page = await context.newPage();
        await page.goto('http://lumtest.com/myip.json');
        await page.screenshot({ path: 'example.png' });
        await browser.close();
    }
})();

To integrate Playwright with Bright Data proxy manager, follow these steps:

• Access your Bright Data control panel and create a zone with the proxy network type, IP type, and number of IPs you require.
• Install the Proxy Manager on your device or access it via the cloud on your Bright Data control panel.
• Click ‘add new proxy’ and choose the zone and settings you require, click ‘save’.
• In Playwright, under the server, insert your local IP and Bright Data Proxy Manager port (i.e. 127.0.0.1:24000).
• The local host IP is 127.0.0.1.
• The port created by default in the Bright Data Proxy Manager is in the format 24XXX, e.g., 24000.
• Don't type username and password into the fields — the Bright Data Proxy Manager is already authenticated with the Super Proxy server.
• Here is an example of what your Playwright code should look like:

const playwright = require('playwright');

(async () => {
    for (const browserType of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
        const browser = await playwright[browserType].launch({
            headless: false,
            proxy: {
                server: '127.0.0.1:24000',
                username: '',
                password: ''
            },
        });
        const context = await browser.newContext();
        const page = await context.newPage();
        await page.goto('http://lumtest.com/myip.json');
        await page.screenshot({ path: 'example.png' });
        await browser.close();
    }
})();

Start using the Bright Data Playwright proxy integration here.

Other useful Bright Data proxy integrations

• PhantomBuster - watch the proxy integration tutorial video on YouTube.
• Apify
• SessionBox
• VMLogin
• AdsPower

Go to Bright Data proxy integrations center to learn what's new.