How to Use Proxies with cURL
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cURL with a proxy is the fastest way to prove an endpoint before wiring scrapers or browsers. Prefer socks5h when you want DNS through the tunnel.
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Quick patterns
HTTP: curl -x http://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT https://example.com/. SOCKS5: curl --proxy socks5h://USER:PASS@HOST:PORT https://example.com/.
Related: Python, Axios, SOCKS5 product.
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Questions this article answers
Use -x or --proxy with http://user:pass@host:port
Use --proxy socks5h://user:pass@host:port when supported.
Hit an IP-echo URL through the proxy first.
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