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# Residential Proxies: Quick Start

> A step-by-step example to get you started with our Residential Proxies in minutes.

This guide assumes you have already [created your first Residential Proxy](/getting-started/quick-start). Here, we'll focus on how to use it with a simple example.

### Your Connection Credentials

First, navigate to your proxy's settings page in the [**My Proxies**](https://2extract.com/app/proxies) dashboard. You will need the following from the "Connection Details" block:

* **Host:** `proxy.2extract.net`
* **Port:** (e.g., `5555`)
* **Username:** (e.g., `2xt-customer-...-proxy-my_scraper`)
* **Password:** (Click "Show" to reveal)

### Example: Getting an IP from Germany

Let's make a request to get an IP address from Germany. We will do this by adding the `-country-de` parameter to your username.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  # Replace with your actual credentials
  USERNAME="PROXY_USERNAME-country-de"
  PASSWORD="PROXY_PASSWORD"
  HOST="proxy.2extract.net:5555"

  curl "https://api.ipify.org?format=json" \
    --proxy "http://${USERNAME}:${PASSWORD}@${HOST}"
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  # Replace with your actual credentials
  proxy_details = {
    "username": "PROXY_USERNAME-country-de",
    "password": "PROXY_PASSWORD",
    "host": "proxy.2extract.net",
    "port": 5555,
  }

  proxies = {
   "http": f"http://{proxy_details['username']}:{proxy_details['password']}@{proxy_details['host']}:{proxy_details['port']}",
   "https": f"http://{proxy_details['username']}:{proxy_details['password']}@{proxy_details['host']}:{proxy_details['port']}",
  }

  response = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org?format=json', proxies=proxies)

  print(response.json())
  ```
</CodeGroup>

If successful, the response will be a JSON object containing an IP address located in Germany.

<Check>
  That's it! You can now use this logic to target any country or configure sessions. For a full list of possibilities, check out our **[Configuration Guide](/proxy-products/configuration/authentication)**.
</Check>