Configure a proxy in Python requests

Python requests accepts HTTP and HTTPS proxy mappings for normal web requests.

Steps

  1. Install the supported requests package in your project environment.
  2. Build one authenticated proxy URL from dashboard values.
  3. Pass the same URL in the http and https entries of the proxies dictionary.
  4. Set a finite timeout and handle connection and HTTP errors.
  5. Start at low concurrency and increase only after stable tests.

Checks and notes

  • Do not disable TLS verification as a general proxy troubleshooting step.

For account-specific values, use the endpoint, port, credentials, and location shown in your MaskProxy dashboard. Do not publish proxy credentials in screenshots, tickets, or public code repositories.