Proxy Server Win7

You can check it with the ping command from the command line in Windows. It is enough to enter it, with a space - the data of the proxy server (including the number of the port used) and press Enter. The reply message will tell you whether or not you have received a reply from the remote server. If not, the proxy is unavailable, respectively.

Technically, a proxy is an ordinary computer or server connected to a network (local or Internet). It accepts traffic from the user, redirects it to the address that was specified in the request. And then receives the response from the server and transmits it to the user's equipment. That is, it is actually an intermediary.

When scraping a website and encountering a 307 redirect, it means that the server is temporarily redirecting the request to another URL. To handle this in your scraping code, you'll need to follow the redirect. Below is an example using C# with the HttpClient class:

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        string url = "https://example.com";
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
        {
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);

            if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                // Process the content as needed
                Console.WriteLine(content);
            }
            else if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.TemporaryRedirect) // 307
            {
                Uri redirectUri = response.Headers.Location;

                // Follow the redirect
                HttpResponseMessage redirectResponse = await client.GetAsync(redirectUri);

                if (redirectResponse.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
                {
                    string content = await redirectResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                    // Process the content after following the redirect
                    Console.WriteLine(content);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"Error after following redirect: {redirectResponse.StatusCode}");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Error: {response.StatusCode}");
            }
        }
    }
}

In this example:

1. The initial request is made to the specified URL using client.GetAsync(url).
2. If the status code is OK (200), you can process the content.
3. If the status code is TemporaryRedirect (307), you extract the redirect URL from the response headers (response.Headers.Location) and make another request to that URL.
4. Finally, if the status code after following the redirect is OK, you can process the content.

Make sure to handle exceptions appropriately and include error handling based on your specific requirements. Additionally, be aware of the website's terms of service and policies when scraping, and consider adding headers to your requests to mimic a more natural browsing behavior.

To open proxy server settings on popular platforms, follow these general steps:

Open the browser or system settings.
Locate the network or connection settings section.
Find the proxy settings or proxy server options.
Enter the proxy server address, port, and authentication details if required.

The specific process varies depending on the platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, or iOS) and browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome) being used.

There are many free VPN services. But it is not safe to use them. After all, they are just engaged in parsing. That is, they collect information about users. Most often - their IP-addresses, as well as text data (these are search queries and their personal information).