Hey! Solid advice in the OP. I’ve been using proxy with Scrapy for a while, and one thing that’s helped me a ton is using residential proxies instead of datacenter ones. They’re way less likely to get flagged.
I’d also recommend checking out Scrapy’s AutoThrottle extension. It adjusts your request rate dynamically based on server response times, which is super handy for avoiding blocks.
For testing proxies, I use ProxyChecker. It’s free and super easy to use—just paste in your list, and it’ll tell you which ones are working.
I’d also recommend checking out Scrapy’s AutoThrottle extension. It adjusts your request rate dynamically based on server response times, which is super handy for avoiding blocks.
For testing proxies, I use ProxyChecker. It’s free and super easy to use—just paste in your list, and it’ll tell you which ones are working.