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prox
Advanced tools
.. code:: bash
pip3 install -U prox
You have to provide at least the type and location of proxy list.
If the proxylist located at http://example.com/abc.txt:
.. code:: bash
prox_check socks URL http://example.com/abc.txt
If the list is in local file:
.. code:: bash
prox_check socks path/to/file.txt
Create file foo.yml like:
.. code:: text
config:
save: 1
task:
- proxy_type: socks
plist_url: var/plist1.txt
limit: 100
- proxy_type: http
plist_url: http://example.com/servers.txt
limit: 100
It should by YML list of tasks. Each task contains key names same as check_plist.py command line arguments.
Run the command:
.. code:: bash
prox_task foo.yml
Use prox_geo command with --stat option to see number of proxies grouped by country.
Use prox_geo command with -i, -x and --exclude-list options to filter proxy list
FAQs
The tool to check the health of proxy list
We found that prox demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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