Firex Proxy

In Node.js, you can introduce delays in your scraping logic using the setTimeout function, which allows you to execute a function after a specified amount of time has passed. This is useful for implementing delays between consecutive requests to avoid overwhelming a server or to comply with rate-limiting policies.

Here's a simple example using the setTimeout function in a Node.js script:

const axios = require('axios'); // Assuming you use Axios for making HTTP requests

// Function to scrape data from a URL with a delay
async function scrapeWithDelay(url, delay) {
  try {
    // Make the HTTP request
    const response = await axios.get(url);

    // Process the response data (replace this with your scraping logic)
    console.log(`Scraped data from ${url}:`, response.data);

    // Introduce a delay before making the next request
    await sleep(delay);

    // Make the next request or perform additional scraping logic
    // ...

  } catch (error) {
    console.error(`Error scraping data from ${url}:`, error.message);
  }
}

// Function to introduce a delay using setTimeout
function sleep(ms) {
  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

// Example usage
const urlsToScrape = ['https://example.com/page1', 'https://example.com/page2', 'https://example.com/page3'];

// Loop through each URL and initiate scraping with a delay
const delayBetweenRequests = 2000; // Adjust the delay time in milliseconds (e.g., 2000 for 2 seconds)
for (const url of urlsToScrape) {
  scrapeWithDelay(url, delayBetweenRequests);
}

In this example:

• The scrapeWithDelay function performs the scraping logic for a given URL and introduces a delay before making the next request.
• The sleep function is a simple utility function that returns a promise that resolves after a specified number of milliseconds, effectively introducing a delay.
• The urlsToScrape array contains the URLs you want to scrape. Adjust the delay time (delayBetweenRequests) based on your scraping needs.

Please note that introducing delays is crucial when scraping websites to avoid being blocked or flagged for suspicious activity.

In Selenium with Python, you can add cookies to your browser session using the add_cookie method of the WebDriver's options or add_cookie method of the WebDriver instance. If you have cookies saved in a file, you can read the file and then add the cookies to your Selenium session. Here's an example:

from selenium import webdriver
import pickle

# Create a new instance of the browser (e.g., Chrome)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Read cookies from a file (replace 'cookies.pkl' with your actual file name)
with open('cookies.pkl', 'rb') as cookies_file:
    cookies = pickle.load(cookies_file)

# Add each cookie to the browser session
for cookie in cookies:
    driver.add_cookie(cookie)

# Now the browser should have the added cookies

# Example: Navigate to a website after setting cookies
driver.get('https://example.com')

# Continue with your script...

# Close the browser when done
driver.quit()

In this example:

1. The Selenium WebDriver (Chrome in this case) is created.
2. Cookies are read from a file using the pickle module. Make sure your cookies file is in the correct format (a list of dictionaries).
3. Each cookie is added to the browser session using the add_cookie method.
4. The script navigates to a website (https://example.com) after setting the cookies. Adjust this part according to your specific use case.
5. The browser is closed using driver.quit() when the script is done.

Make sure to replace 'cookies.pkl' with the actual path to your cookies file.

Note: The format of the cookies file is crucial. It should be a list of dictionaries, and each dictionary should contain at least the keys 'name', 'value', 'domain', and 'path'. If the cookies were obtained using get_cookies() in a previous Selenium session, you can directly save the result using pickle.dump(cookies, file).

Here's a simple example of how to save cookies:

from selenium import webdriver
import pickle

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://example.com')

# Get cookies
cookies = driver.get_cookies()

# Save cookies to a file
with open('cookies.pkl', 'wb') as cookies_file:
    pickle.dump(cookies, cookies_file)

driver.quit()

Then, you can use the first script to load and set these cookies in a new Selenium session.

In Selenium Python, you can use the Alert class to handle prompts for microphone or camera access. The following example demonstrates how to accept or reject such requests:

First, import the necessary libraries:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support.expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.actions.action_chains import ActionChains

Create a function to accept the prompt:

def accept_prompt(driver):
    alert = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.alert_is_present())
    alert.accept()

Create a function to reject the prompt:

def reject_prompt(driver):
    alert = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.alert_is_present())
    alert.dismiss()

Use the accept_prompt or reject_prompt functions in your test script when you encounter a prompt for microphone or camera access.

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

# Open a web page that requires microphone or camera access
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('https://example.com')

# Perform actions on the web page until the prompt appears
# ...

# Accept or reject the prompt based on your requirement
# accept_prompt(driver)  # Uncomment this line to accept the prompt
# reject_prompt(driver)  # Uncomment this line to reject the prompt

# Continue with the test
# ...

driver.quit()

To connect your router to a proxy server, follow these steps:

1. Access router admin interface (usually 192.168.1.1)
2. Log in with default or custom credentials
3. Navigate to LAN/Network settings
4. Find and open Proxy Server settings
5. Enter proxy server type, IP, port, and authentication if needed
6. Save and apply changes
7. Update device proxy settings to use router's proxy server

Such proxy redirects requests from clients to different servers (globally or within a single local network). It can be used for load balancing in different Internet services, for testing web applications, for secured access to local network servers (all "non-client" traffic is ignored).