Top Proxy APIs## Proxy APIs
One of the things that most of us aren't concerned about is how the internet works. Did You know that every time you check into a website or connect with someone online, your connection sends your Internet Protocol (IP) to that site or person? The problem with such interactions is that it can put you at risk and predispose security breaches or cyber-attacks.
To mitigate these risks, most people use a proxy server when connecting with any website or person on the internet. If you are tech-savvy, you might know what we are talking about, but if you don’t, keep reading and we will help you understand everything about proxies.
## What is a proxy or proxy server?
Simply put, a proxy/ proxy server is a bridge or intermediary between a web user and an online server. It is an online computer that serves as a hub for processing requests from web users and delivering results from web servers. A proxy acts as the gateway between an endpoint device (personal computer) and servers (computers on the internet) from which a user is requesting a service.
When using a proxy server, any request you make from the browser flows to this proxy on its way to the requested address. And once the mains server processes the request, it comes through the same proxy server, and then the data is forwarded to your browser by the proxy server.
You might be wondering, why go through all this trouble when you can connect directly from your browser to the website? Well, there is actually more to proxy servers other than receiving and forwarding web requests.
Modern proxies are versed with lots of capabilities, including improving security and network performance. They can also act as web filters, firewalls, and cache dates to speed up requests and provide shred network connections. Generally, a proxy server is designed to protect users and internal networks from the prying eyes of evil people in the wild internet.
## How Do They Work?
Like any other computer, a proxy server is a computer on the internet with its own IP address. When you are using this proxy, your computer connects to this online computer (proxy), which, in turn, requests on your behalf. It then collects the response and forwards it to your browser. This means that the website you want to visit will get your request but not your real IP Address.
A web proxy can make specific changes to improve security and privacy. It can encrypt your data and block access to particular pages. It also uses a new IP Address so that the websites or persons you are interacting with online don't pinpoint your exact location.
## What is a Proxy API? (not to get confused with "API Proxy")
A proxy API is a tool that allows developers to fetch API features and integrate them into their proxy capabilities to create a web proxy instead of doing it from scratch. Proxy APIs help you to bolster proxy server performance by adding various unique features and capabilities without the need to return to the development stage. With the help of proxy APIs, users can have total control of the proxy servers and guarantee safety, privacy, and transparency.
However, proxy APIs are grouped according to the use case. RapidAPI is one of the most significant API market places globally, and developers who want to find the best proxy APIs should head there. Whether you need APIs to source information about IP Addresses, filter proxy results, or get random proxy address, you'll be sure to them on this platform.
You must understand that a proxy API and API proxy are not the same. A proxy API can be viewed as a set of protocols or tools used to improve proxy server capabilities and performance. On the other hand, an API proxy unlinks the app-facing API from your back-end services, protecting apps from back-end code alterations. API proxy allows you to make back-end changes to your services without any interruptions to apps that call the same API.
## Proxy API vs. API Proxy
As mentioned before, Proxy API and API proxy are two different things. While the proxy API adds more capacity to the server proxy, API proxy decouples front-end and back-end services in an API and filters outgoing and ingoing traffic. Proxy APIs work on behalf of users. API proxies act, on the other hand, on behalf of an API rather than an individual. Lastly, proxy APIs are meant for proxy servers, while API proxies are used in APIs and applications.
Simple HTTP proxy API made for scrapers. Scrape anonymously without having to worry about restrictions, blocks or captchas. Our goal is to provide you with faster response times and higher success rates.
A fresh proxy on every request. GetProxyList.com has over 5000+ active proxies and uses state of the art scanning techniques to locate fresh proxies every hour. Use our free proxy list REST API to find active & working proxies tested every 10 minutes.
The IP Blocklist API will detect potentially malicious or dangerous IP addresses.
This API is ideal for systems that need to either block, filter or flag certain types of Internet users or automated systems.
We currently detect the following types of IPs:
Web proxies,
TOR nodes,
VPN providers,
Spyware and malware,
Hijacked IPs,
Web spiders,
Bots and exploit scanners.
These lists are updated on a daily basis.
Proxy Rotator is the world's first enterprise grade proxy ip rotation service. HTTPS proxies on a combination of over 26 million Residential, Private and Public Exclusive IP's. It's Easy to Use, Reliable and used by 1000's of Businesses daily.
Proxy Rotator's Rotating Proxy API is an RESTful API which can be integrated into any script in any language. Providing a simple jSON or XML response the API is supported in all programming languages by default. Each request to the API returns a fresh new proxy to be used in your script and your request can be fully customized to return a proxy of your exact requirements at any given time.
The IP2Proxy™ Proxy Detection is a hosted REST web service that allows instant detection of anonymous proxy, VPN, TOR exit nodes and Search Engine Robots (SES), data center ranges, residential proxies and VPN provider name by IP address. Credits are needed to perform queries which can be purchased online at http://www.ip2location.com/ip2proxy-web-service.
Proxy Rotator is the world's first enterprise grade proxy ip rotation service. HTTPS proxies on a combination of over 26 million Residential, Private and Public Exclusive IP's. It's Easy to Use, Reliable and used by 1000's of Businesses daily.
The Proxy Detection API can detect if an IP address is, or has ever been, related to a proxy. With a database of over 26,000,000 worldwide proxies our probability of detecting a proxy based upon the ip address is unmatched. This API is useful for many scenario's such as reducing fraud on e-commerece sites, protecting your site from automated hacking attempts (XSS,SQLi,brute force), Prevent promotional offer abuse (multiple signups), limiting access on proxy IPs (prevent password / email changes) and many more uses!
IPQS Proxy Detection can detect low quality IP connections that indicate fraudulent activity such as proxies, VPNs, & Tor connections. Reduce fraud and potential chargebacks by detecting high risk IP addresses. This service is excellent for affiliate networks and advertisers that want to avoid fraudulent traffic, merchants that want to avoid chargebacks, forums that want to block spammers, and other services looking to eliminate fraudulent signups and purchases. Get 5,000 FREE monthly queries, create a free account at IPQualityScore.com.
The IP2Proxy Proxy Detection Web Service allows instant detection of anonymous proxy by IP address. The IP2Proxy Proxy Detection Web Service enables you to check proxy servers for anonymity.
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Scraping API: Hassle-Free Data Extraction. Our scraping API handles all problems that are related to web scraping. Website HTML extraction has never been so easy!
With SmartIP you can enrich any IP address with geolocation data, ASN and hostname information, enforce GDPR compliance, assess potential risks and much more.
An API service to obtain **datacenter and residential proxies.**
###### Features:
* This service contains pools of **stable and high-quality proxies** that automatically rotate to ensure that you get a new different proxy with each API call.
* Each request to this API service will provide you with a new proxy available for 30 mins.
* Proxies are constantly monitored to ensure their health.
* You can extend the allocation time of a datacenter proxy by making successive calls to the API, with a maximum extension of up to 24 hours from the original allocation time.
* The API also provides the total number of proxies that the service has available.
###### Client libraries available:
* Javascript: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ephemeral-proxies
* Golang: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rpi4gx/ephemeral-proxies-go
* Python: Coming soon
If you are not a developer but still would to like achieve IP proxy rotation, you can make use of our [ep-proxy-server](https://github.com/rpi4gx/ep-proxy-server). This tool is a proxy server that you can locally run and use like a regular proxy. In the background, this proxy server will allocate proxies from Ephemeral Proxies API and forward all requests to them.
For any assistance using or integrating with the API, do no hesitate to contact us. And if you have any feedback, we would love to hear it!
We are available by email at support@ephemeral-proxies.net and through Direct Messages on RapidAPI.
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