Python with Requests - Complete Proxy Integration Guide

This guide shows how to connect through Proxiesseller proxies using Python requests. You’ll learn HTTP and SOCKS5 formats, authentication, and safe retry patterns.

Install dependencies:

pip install requests pysocks

HTTP proxy (user/pass)

Works for most HTTP(S) scraping tasks.

import requests

proxies = {
  "http": "http://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT",
  "https": "http://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT"
}

r = requests.get("https://api.ipify.org", proxies=proxies, timeout=15)
print(r.text)

SOCKS5 proxy

Use socks5h to proxy DNS too (recommended).

import requests

proxies = {
  "http": "socks5h://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT",
  "https": "socks5h://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT"
}

r = requests.get("https://api.ipify.org", proxies=proxies, timeout=15)
print(r.text)

• If SOCKS5 fails: make sure you installed `pysocks` and used `socks5h://`
• If you get 407/401: verify username/password and proxy port
• If you get bans: reduce concurrency, rotate IPs, add backoff + retry