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proxy-information
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proxy_information is a Python package for verifying and collecting information about proxy servers. With this package, you can easily check the status, response time, anonymity level, and geolocation of a given proxy server.
Check the status of a proxy server.
Measure the response time of a proxy server.
Determine the anonymity level (Transparent, Elite, or Anonymous) of a proxy server.
Retrieve the country and country code of a proxy server's location.
You can install proxy_information using pip:
pip install proxy_information
from proxy_information import ProxyInformation
# Initialize a ProxyInformation instance
checker = ProxyInformation()
# Verify a proxy server and get its information
proxy_info = checker.check_proxy("103.88.35.200:1080")
# Print the results
print(proxy_info)
We welcome contributions from the community to help us improve and grow this project. If you would like to contribute, please follow these guidelines:
Check if there are any open issues you would like to work on, or if you have a new idea or feature to suggest, create a new issue on the GitHub repository.
Fork the repository and create a new branch for your contributions.
Make your changes, ensuring that your code follows the project's coding style and conventions.
Write clear, concise, and well-documented code and commit messages.
Test your changes to ensure they work as expected.
Submit a pull request to the main repository, explaining the purpose of your changes and referencing the related issue.
We appreciate your contributions and look forward to working together to make this project even better.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. By contributing to this project, you agree to adhere to the terms and conditions outlined in the LICENSE file. The MIT License is a permissive open-source license that allows you to use, modify, distribute, and even sell the software, provided you give appropriate credit and include the original license when redistributing the code. For more details, please refer to the LICENSE file.
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Your feedback and collaboration are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your interest in this project.
Version 0.2:
IP Retrieval Method: Switched to IPFy for more reliable and unlimited public IP retrieval.
Geolocation Service: Updated to use ReallyFreeGeoIP for improved accuracy and no request limits.
Code Optimization: Reorganized and optimized code structure for better readability and maintainability.
Error Handling: Implemented robust error handling to gracefully handle exceptions during API requests.
Documentation: Improved function and class docstrings for better understanding.
FAQs
A tool to verify proxy information.
We found that proxy-information 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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