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Mobile IPs

The ScrapeOps Residential Proxy Aggregator enables you to use mobile IP addresses for requests using the mobile=true query parameter.

Mobile IPs are the best choice if you’re encountering Captchas or blockages:

  • Highest level of stealth.
  • Slower than Residential, but some may be using 4G or 5G.
  • However, they are less stable, so expect some interruptions.

Usage​

You can see it in action with the curl request below if you make requests to `https://httpbin.org/ip.

To use mobile IPs, simply add mobile=true to your proxy authentication string:


curl -k -x "http://scrapeops.mobile=true:YOUR_API_KEY@residential-proxy.scrapeops.io:8181" "https://httpbin.org/ip"

Code Examples​

Python​


YOUR_API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

proxies = {
    'http': f'http://scrapeops.mobile=true:{YOUR_API_KEY}@residential-proxy.scrapeops.io:8181',
    'https': f'http://scrapeops.mobile=true:{YOUR_API_KEY}@residential-proxy.scrapeops.io:8181'
}
requests.get('https://httpbin.org/ip', proxies=proxies, verify=False)

Node.js​


const YOUR_API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY';

const proxyUrl = `http://scrapeops.mobile=true:${YOUR_API_KEY}@residential-proxy.scrapeops.io:8181`;
axios.get('https://httpbin.org/ip', {
    proxy: {
        host: 'residential-proxy.scrapeops.io',
        port: 8181,
        auth: {
            username: 'scrapeops.mobile=true',
            password: YOUR_API_KEY
        }
    }
});