Migrating to Oxylabs Web Unblocker from Bright Data

Migration checklist

Update these configuration settings to use Web Unblocker:

1. Endpoint: Switch your proxy endpoint to unblock.oxylabs.io:60000 (replacing brd.superproxy.io:33335).

2. Credentials: Update authentication credentials to your Oxylabs Web Unblocker username and password.

3. Location settings: Use the X-Oxylabs-Geo-Location HTTP header instead of zone-based targeting for geolocation targeting.

4. SSL verification: Include verify=False in your requests to bypass SSL certificate checks.

5. Added features: Implement Oxylabs’ unique functionality, like browser instructions, sessions, and POST requests.

Code examples comparison

Where we differ from Bright Data is how geographic targeting works. Bright Data uses zone-specific accounts, whereas Oxylabs enables access to proxies from any location right away by specifying the location setting directly in headers. Consider the following basic code examples of both services.

Bright Data example

import pprint
import requests

username = 'brd-customer-<customer_id>-zone-<zone_name>-country-us'
password = '<zone_password>'
proxy_url = f'http://{username}:{password}@brd.superproxy.io:33335'

proxies = {
    'http': proxy_url,
    'https': proxy_url
}

headers = {}
url = "http://lumtest.com/myip.json"

response = requests.get(url, proxies=proxies, headers=headers)
pprint.pprint(response.json())

Oxylabs example

import requests

# Use your Oxylabs Web Unblocker credentials here
USERNAME, PASSWORD = 'YOUR_USERNAME', 'YOUR_PASSWORD'

# Define a proxy dict with the Oxylabs endpoint
proxies = {
  'http': f'http://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@unblock.oxylabs.io:60000',
  'https': f'https://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@unblock.oxylabs.io:60000',
}

# Specify geolocation and other parameters here
headers = {
    'x-oxylabs-geo-location': 'United States'
}

response = requests.get(
    'https://ip.oxylabs.io/location',
    verify=False,  # Ignore SSL verification
    proxies=proxies,
    headers=headers
)

print(response.json())

Request parameters reference

Here are the essential parameters of Web Unblocker you can send as headers:

Wrap up

Transitioning to Oxylabs Web Unblocker takes only a few configuration changes. Beyond matching Bright Data's features, Oxylabs adds browser instructions, session management, POST requests, and more while simplifying pricing and geolocation targeting. Check the Web Unblocker documentation to find more information and code examples for your projects.