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This guide will walk you through the entire process of setting up your account and making your first successful request through our proxy network. Let’s get started!
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Step 1: Top Up Your Balance

Before you can create a proxy, you need to add funds to your account. All Pay-As-You-Go proxies use this central balance.
  1. Navigate to the Billing page from the sidebar menu
  2. Select a top-up amount or enter a custom one. The minimum is $10
  3. Click the Top Up button and complete the payment process via Stripe
Once your payment is successful, you’ll see your updated balance on the Billing page and in your dashboard.

The Billing screen where you can top up your account balance.

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Step 2: Create Your First Proxy

A proxy is your configurable gateway to our network. Let’s create one.
  1. Navigate to the My Proxies page
  2. Click the + Create Proxy button
  3. On the proxy creation pop-up:
    • Give your proxy a memorable Name, like myfirstscraper
    • For now, you can leave all other settings at their defaults
  4. Click Create Proxy
Choose your proxy name carefully. It cannot be changed after creation.
You will be redirected to the settings page for your newly created proxy.

The "Create New Proxy" screen with the name field filled in.

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Step 3: Get Your Credentials

On your new proxy’s settings page, you’ll find the “Connection Details” block. The easiest way to get your credentials is to use the Copy Credentials button.
  1. Click the Copy Credentials button
  2. A dropdown menu will appear with different formats
  3. Click the “Copy” icon next to the username:password@host:port format
You can also copy each part individually if you prefer.
For security, your password is only shown here. We will never email it to you.

The "Connection Details" block showing the host, port, username, and password.

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Step 4: Make Your First Request!

Now you’re ready to test your connection. The easiest way is with a cURL command in your terminal. This command will ask for your real IP address through the proxy.
  1. Open your terminal (on macOS, Linux, or Windows)
  2. Copy the command below and replace PROXY_USERNAME and PROXY_PASSWORD with the credentials you copied in the previous step
cURL
Press Enter. If everything is correct, you will see a response like this, showing a residential IP address:

Congratulations!

You’ve just made your first successful request through the 2extract network. You’re now ready to integrate our proxies into any of your projects.

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