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What is BeautifulSoup?

BeautifulSoup is a widely-used Python library for web scraping that simplifies parsing and navigating HTML and XML documents. It allows developers to locate and extract data efficiently from web pages.

When combined with Oculus Proxies, BeautifulSoup enables anonymous data collection, allowing you to access geo-restricted content and minimize detection risks while scraping websites at scale.

If you’re using Oculus to scrape search engines like Google, Bing, or Yandex and facing connection issues, your proxy type may need adjustment. ISP Premium Proxies provide stable and unrestricted access, preventing blocks that standard proxies may encounter. Switching to ISP Premium Proxies can improve performance.

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How to Integrate Oculus Proxies With BeautifulSoup

1

Install Required Libraries

Before you begin, make sure you have BeautifulSoup and requests installed. Run the following command in your terminal:

pip install beautifulsoup4 requests
2

Set Up Your Oculus Proxy

  1. Log in to your Oculus Dashboard and retrieve your proxy credentials: Host, Port, Username, Password.

  2. Define your proxy settings in Python using the format below:

proxy = {  
  "http": "http://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@[HOST]:[PORT]",  
  "https": "http://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@[HOST]:[PORT]"  
}

Replace [USERNAME], [PASSWORD], [HOST], and [PORT] with your actual Oculus Proxy details.

3

Use the Proxy with Requests and BeautifulSoup

Here’s a Python script that integrates Oculus Proxies with BeautifulSoup to fetch and parse data securely:

import requests  
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup  

# Proxy setup with authentication  
proxy = {  
    "http": "http://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@[HOST]:[PORT]",  
    "https": "http://[USERNAME]:[PASSWORD]@[HOST]:[PORT]"  
}  

# Target URL to verify the proxy  
url = "https://httpbin.org/ip"  # Returns the IP address of the request  

try:  
    # Make the request using the proxy  
    response = requests.get(url, proxies=proxy, timeout=10)  
    response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an error for HTTP issues  

    # Parse the content with BeautifulSoup  
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, "html.parser")  

    # Print the response  
    print("Response Content (IP Address):")  
    print(soup.prettify())  

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  
    print("Error occurred while using the proxy:", e)
4

Verify Your Proxy Connection

If the proxy is working correctly, the script should output a JSON response displaying the IP address provided by Oculus Proxies:

{  
  "origin": "123.45.67.89"  
}

This confirms that your Oculus Proxy is successfully routing your requests.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully integrated Oculus Proxies with BeautifulSoup. Now you can perform secure and anonymous web scraping while avoiding IP bans and geo-restrictions. 🚀

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