cURL

Quick reference for using RaxyProxy from the command line with cURL.

Basic Usage

# HTTP proxy — rotating
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823 \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# Short form
curl --proxy http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823 \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

SOCKS5

curl --socks5-hostname proxy.raxyproxy.com:824 \
     -U USERNAME:PASSWORD \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

Geo-Targeting

# Country — US only (free)
curl -x "http://USERNAME__cr.us:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# Multiple countries
curl -x "http://USERNAME__cr.us,gb,de:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# Exclude countries
curl -x "http://USERNAME__nocr.cn,ru:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# State (2× billing for residential/mobile/datacenter)
curl -x "http://USERNAME__cr.us;state.california:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# City
curl -x "http://USERNAME__cr.us;city.losangeles:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# ZIP code
curl -x "http://USERNAME__cr.us;zip.90001:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# ASN (numeric only — no AS prefix)
curl -x "http://USERNAME__cr.us;asn.15169:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

Sticky Sessions

# Port-based sticky — same IP per port
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:10001 \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# sessid sticky — same IP for ~30 min
curl -x "http://USERNAME__sessid.my-session-1:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

# Custom TTL — keep IP for 60 minutes
curl -x "http://USERNAME__sessid.my-session-1;sessttl.60:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip

POST Requests

curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.raxyproxy.com:823 \
     -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"key": "value"}' \
     https://httpbin.org/post

Useful Flags

Flag	Purpose
`-x / --proxy`	Set proxy URL
`-U / --proxy-user`	Proxy credentials (user:pass)
`--socks5-hostname`	SOCKS5 proxy (resolves hostnames remotely)
`-k / --insecure`	Skip TLS verification (dev only)
`--max-time`	Total timeout in seconds
`--connect-timeout`	Connection timeout in seconds
`-A / --user-agent`	Set User-Agent header
`-H`	Add custom header
`-v / --verbose`	Show connection details (useful for debugging)
`-w "%{http_code}"`	Print HTTP status code

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