Quick Start: Your First Request in 2 Minutes

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.

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

You will be redirected to the settings page for your newly created proxy.

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.

Step 4: Make Your First Request!

curl --proxy PROXY_USERNAME:PROXY_PASSWORD@proxy.2extract.net:5555 "https://api.ipify.org"

{"ip":"123.45.67.89"}

Congratulations!