Proxy Joystick

Proxies in Instagram are most often used for two purposes. The first is to bypass access blocking. The second is to avoid being banned when working with several accounts at once. The latter, as a rule, is used when arbitrating traffic, when launching massive advertising campaigns, which allows you not to worry about possibly getting a permanent ban.

It means routing traffic from multiple devices through a single proxy server. In this way you can, for example, organize a local network in an office environment, but where all the traffic data can be viewed from the administrator's server.

To run Firefox with Selenium and connected extensions, you'll need to use the FirefoxDriverService and FirefoxOptions. You can also set the path to the Firefox executable and the path to the extensions' .xpi files using the FirefoxBinary and FirefoxProfile classes. Here's an example of how to do this:

Install the required NuGet packages:

Install-Package OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox.WebDriver -Version 3.141.0
Install-Package OpenQA.Selenium.Support.UI -Version 3.141.0

Create a method to add extensions to the Firefox profile:

using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

public static IWebDriver CreateFirefoxDriverWithExtensions(string[] extensionPaths)
{
    var firefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();
    var firefoxBinary = new FirefoxBinary(Path.GetDirectoryName(FirefoxDriverService.DefaultServicePath));
    var firefoxProfile = new FirefoxProfile();

    // Add extensions to the Firefox profile
    foreach (var extensionPath in extensionPaths)
    {
        var extensionFile = new FileInfo(extensionPath);
        if (extensionFile.Exists)
        {
            firefoxProfile.AddExtension(extensionPath);
        }
    }

    firefoxOptions.BinaryLocation = firefoxBinary.Path;
    firefoxOptions.Profile = firefoxProfile;

    // Start the FirefoxDriverService with the specified Firefox binary
    var driverService = FirefoxDriverService.CreateDefaultService(firefoxBinary.Path, FirefoxDriverService.DefaultPort);
    driverService.EnableVerboseLogging = true;

    // Create the FirefoxDriver with the specified options
    var driver = new FirefoxDriver(driverService, firefoxOptions);

    return driver;
}

Use the CreateFirefoxDriverWithExtensions method in your test code:

using OpenQA.Selenium;
using System;

namespace SeleniumFirefoxExtensionsExample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Paths to the extensions' .xpi files
            string[] extensionPaths = new[]
            {
                @"path\to\extension1.xpi",
                @"path\to\extension2.xpi"
            };

            // Create the FirefoxDriver with connected extensions
            using (var driver = CreateFirefoxDriverWithExtensions(extensionPaths))
            {
                // Set up the WebDriver
                driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();

                // Navigate to the target web page
                driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.example.com");

                // Perform any additional actions as needed

                // Close the browser
                driver.Quit();
            }
        }
    }
}

In this example, we first create a method called CreateFirefoxDriverWithExtensions that takes an array of extension paths as input. Inside the method, we set up the FirefoxOptions, FirefoxBinary, and FirefoxProfile to include the specified extensions. Then, we start the FirefoxDriverService with the specified Firefox binary and create the FirefoxDriver with the specified options.

In the test code, we call the CreateFirefoxDriverWithExtensions method with the paths to the extensions' .xpi files and use the returned IWebDriver instance to interact with the browser.

Remember to replace "path\to\extension1.xpi" and "path\to\extension2.xpi" with the actual paths to the extensions' .xpi files you want to connect.

Simply, in the connection properties of your PC or mobile device, you need to enter the data of the proxy server through which you will be connecting. In Windows, for example, this is done through "Settings", then "Network and Internet", and in the next window you should open the tab "Proxy server".

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).