by ProxyEmpire Team | Oct 8, 2025 | Developer Guides
Programming guide · Last reviewed 1 October 2026 · 16 min read Go vs Python is a choice between two very different designs. Go compiles to a single native binary and runs thousands of goroutines across every CPU core. Python trades raw speed for fast development and...
by ProxyEmpire Team | Oct 12, 2023 | Developer Guides
Command-line guide · Last reviewed 1 October 2026 · 14 min read A wget proxy setup comes down to one of three places: the http_proxy and https_proxy environment variables, a few lines in .wgetrc, or -e commands on the command line. This guide shows each one with...
by Proxy Empire | Feb 21, 2023 | Developer Guides
Developer guide · Last reviewed 28 September 2026 · 14 min read Python web scraping is the most common way to collect public data from websites: a few lines of requests and BeautifulSoup can turn a page into structured data. Scaling it is where most projects struggle,...
by Proxy Empire | Jul 26, 2022 | Developer Guides
Developer guide · Last reviewed 27 September 2026 · 10 min read A Puppeteer proxy takes two things: the proxy address, which Chrome gets as a launch flag, and the username and password, which Puppeteer answers when the proxy asks. This guide shows the working setup...
by Proxy Empire | Jul 8, 2022 | Developer Guides
Developer guide · Last reviewed 27 September 2026 · 10 min read Java proxy authentication trips up almost everyone the first time, because of one default most people don’t know about: since Java 8u111, the runtime refuses to send Basic proxy credentials when it...
by Proxy Empire | Jul 8, 2022 | Developer Guides
Developer guide · Last reviewed 1 October 2026 · 14 min read An npm proxy setting tells the npm CLI to reach the registry through a proxy server, usually because a company network allows no direct internet access. You set it with two keys, proxy and https-proxy, and...
