proxy
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It sets the proxy HTTP server for resolving any internal sub-requests over the target url.

We provide an automatic proxy resolution included for any pro plan to handle IP blocking, CAPTCHAs, banners, or any other scraping shield protection.

Our automatic proxy resolution is well-tested against Top 500 most popular worldwide websites.

Additionally, you can provide your own proxy server:

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://geolocation.microlink.io' URL with 'proxy' API parameter:

CLI Microlink API example

microlink https://geolocation.microlink.io&proxy=https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001

cURL Microlink API example

curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://geolocation.microlink.io" \
  -d "proxy=https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001"

JavaScript Microlink API example

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://geolocation.microlink.io', {
  proxy: "https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001"
})

Python Microlink API example

import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://geolocation.microlink.io",
    "proxy": "https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())

Ruby Microlink API example

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://geolocation.microlink.io",
  proxy: "https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body

PHP Microlink API example

<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://geolocation.microlink.io",
    "proxy" => "https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}

Golang Microlink API example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://geolocation.microlink.io")
    q.Set("proxy", "https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://geolocation.microlink.io', {
  proxy: "https://myproxy:[email protected]:8001"
})

The proxy server string provided should be

WHATWG URL

You can ensure proxy is properly used checking x-fetch-mode header on response, whose value should be prefixed by 'proxy-*'.

HTTP/2 200
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
x-response-time: 1.7s
x-pricing-plan: pro
x-fetch-mode: prerender-proxy
x-cache-ttl: 86400000
x-request-id: iad:2eb66538-0a16-4c56-b613-511d99507c9f
x-cache-status: BYPASS
cache-control: public, must-revalidate, max-age=0
x-fetch-time: 0ms

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