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proxly
Advanced tools
HTTP proxy library for Python using CroxyProxy infrastructure.
pip install proxly
import proxly
# Simple usage
response = proxly.get("https://example.com")
print(response.text)
# Session-based
proxy = proxly.proxly()
response = proxy.get("https://example.com/api")
proxy.close()
# Context manager
with proxly.proxly() as proxy:
response = proxy.get("https://example.com")
# Get available servers
servers = proxly.get_server_list()
print(f"Available servers: {len(servers)}")
proxly(timeout=30, max_retries=3)
Methods:
get(url, **kwargs)post(url, **kwargs)put(url, **kwargs)delete(url, **kwargs)head(url, **kwargs)patch(url, **kwargs)get_session_info()close()proxly.get(url, **kwargs)
proxly.post(url, **kwargs)
proxly.put(url, **kwargs)
proxly.delete(url, **kwargs)
proxly.head(url, **kwargs)
proxly.patch(url, **kwargs)
proxly.get_server_list() # Get list of available proxy servers
proxly.clear_server_cache() # Clear cached server list
try:
response = proxly.get("https://example.com")
except proxly.ProxyError as e:
print(f"Proxy error: {e}")
GNU General Public License v3.0
FAQs
HTTP proxy library for Python using CroxyProxy infrastructure
We found that proxly 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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