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7/24/2026

The original title is: "Rotating Residential Proxies in Python: requests, Scrapy & Sticky Sessions"
Original: Rotating Residential Proxies in Python: requests, Scrapy & Sticky Sessions
Short summary
A hands-on guide to configuring rotating residential proxies in Python using requests and Scrapy, with username-based country targeting and sticky sessions. Includes code for per-request IP rotation, session pinning for multi-step flows, and a Scrapy middleware. Briefly pitches GProxy as the author's preferred proxy provider.
- •Residential proxies route requests through real-user IPs to avoid rate limiting and bans
- •Sticky sessions pin an IP for multi-step flows like logins and paginated results
- •Scrapy middleware and requests examples included with retry and ethics guidance
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