Quick Start

Mobile proxy Quick Start

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Mobile proxies use endpoints

Endpoints are like gateways to IP pools.

The endpoint generator will automatically assign you proxies from the selected endpoint (proxy address).

For mobile proxies you can always target the gate.smartproxy.com endpoint, which is a gateway to the whole pool consisting of 10M+ IPs. Filtering parameters can be specified in the username, allowing you to target a specific country, city, ASN, OS or session type. More on that can be found on the Single backconnect entry node node page.


Setup

  1. Firstly, go to the Residential proxies → Mobile → Proxy setup section on your dashboard.
The Proxy setup section.

The Proxy setup section.


  1. Next, choose your proxy Authentication method. It can be either your whitelisted IP or one of your proxy users. Check out the Proxy authentication article for more details.
    • If you do not have an IP address whitelisted yet, click on the three dots and then + Add IP.
Authentication method selection.

Authentication method selection.


  1. Then, select the Location of your proxy.
    • If you choose Random, the location of the IP address is picked randomly from one of our Mobile IP pools.
    • If you select a Country, you can specify an ASN.
Location selection.

Location selection.


  1. Afterward, select your preferred Session type, Protocol format, and if desired, – the OS.
    • Sessions for up to 24 hours can be selected or specified from the drop-down menu in the dashboard.
Session type and Protocol selection.

Session type and Protocol selection.


  1. You will see a proxy list of generated endpoints and ports based on your selection. You can set the number of endpoints and download a .csv or .txt file of the created proxy list or copy it to your clipboard.
Proxy list selection.

Proxy list selection.


  1. Alternatively, you can copy single elements of the generated parameters, such as the Proxy Address, Port, Username, and Password, or copy the entire example string.
    • You can hide your password by clicking on the eye icon. It will not affect the copy & paste function.
    • Click Switch view at the top right under Layout to display the entire parameter string..
Proxy list selection.

Proxy list selection.


In the example above, you can see what mobile sticky ports in Canada using Bell Canada look like. Since we are using the 577 as ASN, all of the proxies will have IPs from Bell Canada assigned.

You can apply these ports and endpoints to any application or tool to start using proxies instantly.

Check out the quick guides in the Integrations overview section for the most popular tools.


Code examples

You can also test your proxies with code examples.

  • You can select any of the available languages: cURL, Python, NodeJS, PHP, orGO.
  • Click Copy in the bottom right corner for convenient pasting.
A cURL example.

A cURL example.


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GitHub

For any advanced code samples and middleware please visit our GitHub page.


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