Proxy setup in ScrapeBox

A step-by-step guide to connecting Prokso proxies in ScrapeBox. It takes a few minutes.

Step 1. Get the proxy details from your dashboard

Open your plan and copy the host gw.prokso.com, port, username and password. Port 823 is HTTP and 824 is SOCKS5 (both give a new IP for every request); ports 10000–20000 keep one IP (sticky session) for up to 120 minutes and work as both HTTP and SOCKS5 (each port is a separate address). Set the country in the username: username__cr.ua.

Step 2. Generate proxy lines

In the dashboard generator choose the HTTP protocol and the host:port:username:password format. Port 823 suits search harvesting: every request goes out from a new IP. For tasks that need one address for a series of requests, generate several sticky ports from 10000-20000, one line per port.

Step 3. Load the proxies into Proxy Manager

Copy the lines and open Proxy Manager with the proxy management button below the proxy list in the main window. Click Load from ClipBoard or load the lines from a text file. ScrapeBox accepts a hostname such as gw.prokso.com, not only a numeric IP.

Step 4. Test the proxies

Run the test in Proxy Manager. Working lines get marked, failing ones don't. If you harvest Google results, look at the Google passed mark. For any other website there's Custom Test: enter a page URL and text that should appear on it. Keep in mind that on port 823 the test result applies to one random address, not the whole pool.

Step 5. Turn the proxies on

In the main window tick Use Proxies: the harvester and add-ons now go through the loaded lines. Under Connections and Timeouts set the number of connections, the timeout and retries. Start with a small number of threads and raise it only while there are no errors.

Step 6. If the proxies don't work

Check the line format: host, port, username and password separated by colons, with no spaces. An authentication error means a wrong username or password, or the plan has run out of traffic: check the balance on the plan page in your dashboard. If the proxies pass the test but Google answers with a captcha, lower the number of connections and add pauses: the pace is the problem, not the lines. For the IP whitelist, add the external address of the computer running ScrapeBox to the plan and load the lines without a username and password.

Step 7. Run a test harvest

Harvest results for 10-20 queries and look at the output. If links are collected without errors, scale up gradually. The traffic used is shown on the plan page in your dashboard.