Need Help Using Proxy with Scrapy: Best Practices and Common Pitfalls?

Yo, I feel your pain. Proxies can be a headache.

For rotating proxies, I use Scrapy-ProxyPool. It’s lightweight and does the job well. Also, make sure you’re handling CAPTCHAs—some sites will throw them at you if they detect scraping.

A common pitfall is not testing your proxies before using them. I use ProxyChecker to verify if they’re working.

Oh, and avoid using the same user-agent for every request. Mix it up!