Proxy for BiggerPockets

In e-mail, proxy servers are used for secure data exchange as well as for collecting e-mails from several e-mail addresses at once. For example, this is how Gmail works, which also allows you to receive e-mails from mail.ru and other e-mail services.

The current version of Skype does not have built-in functionality to work with proxies. That is, it must be configured at the operating system level. The messenger is available for Linux, Windows, MacOS and mobile platforms.

When parsing RSS feeds and avoiding duplicates, you typically need to maintain a record of previously parsed items and compare new items to this record to ensure that you don't process the same item multiple times. Below is an example using Node.js and the rss-parser library, which simplifies working with RSS feeds.

Install Dependencies

Install the required npm package:

npm install rss-parser

Write the Parsing Script

Create a Node.js script (e.g., parse_rss.js) with the following code:

const Parser = require('rss-parser');
const fs = require('fs');

const parser = new Parser();
const rssFeedUrl = 'https://example.com/rss-feed'; // Replace with the URL of the RSS feed

// Function to load and parse the previously processed items
function loadProcessedItems() {
    try {
        const data = fs.readFileSync('processedItems.json');
        return JSON.parse(data);
    } catch (error) {
        return [];
    }
}

// Function to save the processed items to a file
function saveProcessedItems(processedItems) {
    fs.writeFileSync('processedItems.json', JSON.stringify(processedItems, null, 2));
}

async function parseRSS() {
    const processedItems = loadProcessedItems();
    const feed = await parser.parseURL(rssFeedUrl);

    for (const item of feed.items) {
        // Check if the item has been processed before
        if (!processedItems.includes(item.link)) {
            // Process the new item (replace with your processing logic)
            console.log('New item found:', item.title);

            // Add the item link to the list of processed items
            processedItems.push(item.link);
        }
    }

    // Save the updated list of processed items
    saveProcessedItems(processedItems);
}

// Run the RSS parsing process
parseRSS();

Replace 'https://example.com/rss-feed' with the URL of the RSS feed you want to parse.

Run the Script

Run the script using Node.js:

node parse_rss.js

This script uses the rss-parser library to fetch and parse an RSS feed. It maintains a list of processed item links in a JSON file (processedItems.json). Each time the script runs, it loads the processed items, compares them to the new items in the feed, processes only the new items, and then updates the list of processed items.

If you can't download images in Scrapy:

- Check the image pipeline configuration in settings.py.
- Verify HTTPS compatibility and install the certifi package if necessary.
- Confirm the correctness of XPath or CSS selectors for image URLs.
- Ensure image URLs are in the correct format; log URLs for inspection.
- Handle redirects by setting REDIRECT_ENABLED = True.
- Check and set appropriate HTTP headers in your Scrapy spider.
- Adjust the CONCURRENT_REQUESTS setting to avoid server restrictions.
- Verify correct configuration of the ImagesPipeline.
- Inspect the downloaded images in the specified IMAGES_STORE directory.
- Implement exception handling in your spider to catch download errors.

And it depends on what purpose the proxy is used for. But you should definitely give preference to paid proxies. They are more reliable, always available, and with that comes a guarantee of privacy. Unfortunately, personal data is often stolen from free proxies.