How to Set Up Proxies With AdsPower
Tags: webdev, tutorial, productivity, beginners
Published: 2023-03-16 13:29:48


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/wd1hlzbe06891mld4ex9.jpg)Most of us want to stay secure and private online, but it&rsquo;s becoming increasingly difficult with increasingly sophisticated browser fingerprinting.</span></p><p class="c0 c9"><span class="c3"></span></p><p class="c0"><span class="c3">But what exactly is browser fingerprinting, and can anything be done to overcome it? Read on to find out!</span></p><h2 class="c13" id="h.pptdmzwhcjpx"><span class="c7">Browser fingerprinting in a nutshell</span></h2><p class="c0"><span class="c3">Various websites and search engines use browser fingerprinting as protection against malicious bots. Every browser leaves its traces online, so this information allows websites (or search engines) to identify unique users, detect bot traffic, and even track their users&rsquo; online activity.</span></p><p class="c0 c9"><span class="c3"></span></p><p class="c0"><span>Browser fingerprinting is already making a significant impact on web scraping as well. It gradually becomes the primary tool to identify web scraping bots. One way to beat browser fingerprinting and browse the internet more privately is to use browser management tools such as AdsPower. Let&rsquo;s take a look at how it works. </span></p><h2 class="c13" id="h.xrc54ruwvv4"><span class="c7">AdsPower browser management tool</span></h2><p class="c6"><span class="c3">AdsPower is a multi-login browser management tool suitable for Windows and Mac operating systems. The main AdsPower functions include:</span></p><ul class="c21 lst-kix_wxp91le8qv8-0 start"><li class="c19 li-bullet-0"><span class="c3">Multi-Account Management </span></li><li class="c19 li-bullet-0"><span class="c3">Dealing with the latest browser fingerprinting techniques by setting a specific browser fingerprint for each account </span></li><li class="c19 li-bullet-0"><span class="c3">Proxy servers integration for more efficient browsing</span></li></ul><p class="c6"><span>If you&rsquo;re interested in more AdsPower benefits, check out their official website by </span><span class="c5"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.adspower.com/pricing?source%3Doxylabs&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1678975515517397&amp;usg=AOvVaw3oICtd83s_isAE1JXJTn-a">clicking here</a></span><span>.</span></p><h2 class="c13" id="h.uast0b31p2q3"><span>Setting up </span><span class="c7">AdsPower </span></h2><p class="c6"><span>The overall process is the same for both Oxylabs Residential and Datacenter Proxies. To understand how it&rsquo;s performed in detail, you can simply follow these steps (or check out our </span><span class="c5"><a class="c10" href="https://oxy.yt/ypoT">video tutorial</a></span><span class="c3">):</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">**Step 1. &nbsp;Download AdsPower**</span><span>&nbsp;<br>You can get the tool from their </span><span class="c5"><a class="c10" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.adspower.com/download?code%3Dfmtc1m%26source%3Doxylabs&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1678975515518322&amp;usg=AOvVaw37BFmPJpX2Q3dc_azodQOl">official website</a></span><span class="c3">. </span></p><p class="c0"><span class="c8 c18 c1">**Step 2. Create a profile**</span></p><p class="c0"><span>Open the app and click </span><span class="c1">New Profile</span><span>.</span></p><p class="c0"> 
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ovwypq3vdnu2zudv6u5x.png)<span style="overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 624.00px; height: 177.33px;"><img alt="" src="images/image1.png" style="width: 624.00px; height: 177.33px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);" title=""></span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">**Step 3. Specify proxies.** <br></span><span>To specify which proxies you want to use, fill out the form as follows:</span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.d3qp2p5wux0s"><span class="c2">Residential Proxies</span></h3><p class="c0 c9"><span class="c3"></span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy type: </span><span class="c8 c4">HTTP</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy host:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">pr.oxylabs.io</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy port:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">7777</span></p><p class="c6"><span>For login credentials:</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy username:</span><span class="c4">&nbsp;</span><span class="c8 c4">your-username</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy password:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">password</span></p><p class="c6"><span>You can also use country-specific entries. For example, if you put </span><span class="c4">us-pr.oxylabs.io</span><span>&nbsp;under </span><span class="c1">Proxy Host</span><span>&nbsp;and </span><span class="c4">10000</span><span>&nbsp;under </span><span class="c1">Proxy Port</span><span class="c3">, you&rsquo;ll receive a US exit node.</span></p><p class="c6"><span>For a complete list of country-specific entry nodes or if you need a sticky session, please refer to our </span><span class="c5"><a class="c10" href="https://developers.oxylabs.io/proxies/residential-proxies/location-settings/select-country">documentation</a></span><span class="c3">.</span></p><p class="c6"><span>You can check if the proxy works by clicking </span><span class="c1">**Check Proxy</span><span>.**</span> 
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4ax2jyuneev2glmjurao.png)</p><p class="c0"><span style="overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 624.00px; height: 400.00px;"><img alt="" src="images/image4.png" style="width: 624.00px; height: 400.00px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);" title=""></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.i632hgc1gp6x"><span class="c2">Dedicated Datacenter Proxies</span></h3><p class="c9 c23"><span class="c3"></span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy type:</span><span class="c4">&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">HTTP</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy host:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">1.2.3.4</span><span class="c3">&nbsp;(a specific IP address)</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy port:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">60000</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c3">For login credentials:</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy username:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">your-username</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy password:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">password</span></p><p class="c6"><span>Same as with the residential proxy example, you can check if the proxy works by clicking </span><span class="c1">**Check Proxy</span><span>.**</span>
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/v3cbxm8lw08fuxr2z7mb.png)</p><p class="c0"><span style="overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 611.00px; height: 404.00px;"><img alt="" src="images/image3.png" style="width: 611.00px; height: 404.00px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);" title=""></span></p><h3 class="c16" id="h.8qvptii1dvuv"><span class="c2">Shared Datacenter Proxies</span></h3><p class="c6 c20"><span>If you&rsquo;re using </span><span class="c5"><a class="c10" href="https://oxy.yt/XppU">Shared Datacenter Proxies</a></span><span class="c3">, enter the information as shown: </span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy type:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c8 c4">HTTP</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy host:</span><span class="c4">&nbsp;</span><span class="c4 c8">dc.pr.oxylabs.io</span></p><p class="c6"><span class="c1">Proxy port</span><span class="c1">:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">10000</span></p><p class="c6 c20"><span class="c3">For login credentials:</span></p><p class="c6 c20"><span class="c1">Proxy username:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">your-username</span></p><p class="c6 c20"><span class="c1">Proxy password:</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="c4">password</span></p><p class="c6 c20"><span>For a complete list of country-specific entry nodes, please refer to our </span><span class="c5"><a class="c10" href="https://developers.oxylabs.io/proxies/shared-datacenter-proxies/select-country">documentation</a></span><span class="c3">. </span></p><p class="c0 c20"><span>In all three cases, if everything is fine, click </span><span class="c1">**OK**,</span><span>&nbsp;which is situated just below the </span><span class="c1">**Advanced**</span><span class="c3">&nbsp;block.</span>
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/y21efpqrtiyqdyu5mkzm.png)</p><p class="c0"><span style="overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 624.00px; height: 414.67px;"><img alt="" src="images/image5.png" style="width: 624.00px; height: 414.67px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);" title=""></span></p><p class="c0"><span class="c8 c1 c18">**Step 4**. Launch the browser </span></p><p class="c0"><span>You can do so by clicking </span><span class="c1">**Open**</span><span>&nbsp;under </span><span class="c1">**Tags**</span><span>.</span>
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ejeky1hsrqfev58igczx.png)</p><p class="c0"><span style="overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; margin: 0.00px 0.00px; border: 0.00px solid #000000; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); width: 624.00px; height: 201.33px;"><img alt="" src="images/image6.png" style="width: 624.00px; height: 201.33px; margin-left: 0.00px; margin-top: 0.00px; transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px); -webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad) translateZ(0px);" title=""></span></p><h2 class="c13" id="h.3w70egb6710x"><span class="c7">Conclusion</span></h2><p class="c6 c20"><span>As discussed before, the AdsPower tool doesn&rsquo;t provide proxies by itself. For a smooth web scraping and browsing experience, you need to be sure that you&rsquo;re using the most reliable proxies. Using AdsPower with our Residential or Datacenter Proxies helps you to avoid many browsing issues, e.g., dealing with browser fingerprinting.</span></p><p class="c0 c9"><span class="c15"></span></p></body></html>