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How to add proxies

Open nonfactor opened this issue 3 years ago • 3 comments

I'm using a VPN already and get soft banned after a couple of hours of running 2 assins at a 1-second delay. I'm looking to add proxies so this doesn't happen. I can't seem to find any info on this on how to or if it's even possible. Any info helps.

nonfactor avatar May 05 '21 23:05 nonfactor

Proxy feature exists only on the alpha branch at the moment.

hwamil avatar May 06 '21 04:05 hwamil

Sorry for the question but why you think that proxy bypass the ban?

wes1993 avatar May 07 '21 20:05 wes1993

Proxy doesn't bypass the ban. To simplify, you use proxies as a shield from getting your actual IP (the one you use to checkout) banned. For example, if you are monitoring 10 ASINS with your home IP at default settings, that means you are making 10 requests to Amazon servers every 5 seconds. This is a no no and Amazon will ban your IP for however long since you're making too many requests per time unit. By adding 10 proxies - 1 per ASIN - you're making only one request per IP per time unit, all while your home IP is silent and protected since all the requests are being made by the proxies instead. To Amazon, it appears that 10 random IPs are making one request each and not one IP making 10 requests. I hope that makes sense.

hwamil avatar May 12 '21 06:05 hwamil