Ffuf Proxy

To check if your computer uses a proxy-server, you just need to use any browser (Yandex Browser, Opera, Google Chrome). Then you need to follow the algorithm:

Start your browser.
Go to "Settings".
In the search box enter the query "proxy".
Click on "Proxy settings".
In the tab that opens, select "Network settings".
This will open a tab with the IP address and port of the proxy server, if it is used. If the function is disabled, the line will be empty, and the option itself is disabled.

First you should check if its characteristics are correct. Some proxy servers are just IP address and port number, others use so called "connection script". You need to double-check that the data was entered correctly.

In Selenium, you can add headers to your web requests using the webdriver.ChromeOptions class. This is useful when you want to simulate certain HTTP headers in your Selenium-driven browser. Here's an example of how to add headers to Selenium using the Chrome WebDriver:

from selenium import webdriver

# Create ChromeOptions object
chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()

# Add headers to the options
chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled")  # Example header

# Instantiate the Chrome WebDriver with options
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)

# Now you can use the driver for your automation tasks
driver.get("https://example.com")

# Close the browser window when done
driver.quit()

In this example, we use the add_argument method of ChromeOptions to add headers. The specific argument --disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled is an example of a header that might be used to mitigate detection mechanisms that check for automation.

You can customize the headers by adding more add_argument calls with the desired headers. Here's an example of adding custom headers:

chrome_options.add_argument("user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36")
chrome_options.add_argument("accept-language=en-US,en;q=0.9")
# Add more headers as needed

Remember to adapt the headers based on your requirements and the website you are interacting with. The headers you add should mimic those of a regular user to reduce the chances of detection.

Open the "Browser Properties" in the control panel, in the "Connections" section of the opened window select "Network Settings". Remove the check mark from the "Use proxy" item, click "OK".

The main scenarios for using a proxy server: bypassing blocking, hiding the real IP, protection of confidential data when connecting to public WiFi access points, interaction with blocked applications, connection to closed portals, forums (which operate only in one country, region).