Selenium

Selenium is the most widely used browser automation framework. It supports multiple programming languages and browsers. Here's how to configure HypeProxy.io proxies with Selenium.

Python Setup

HTTP/HTTPS Proxy

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument('--proxy-server=http://fr.hypeproxy.host:port')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
driver.get('https://api.ipify.org')
print(f'Proxy IP: {driver.find_element("tag name", "body").text}')
driver.quit()

SOCKS5 Proxy

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_argument('--proxy-server=socks5://fr.hypeproxy.host:port')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)

With Authentication (using selenium-wire)

Standard Selenium doesn't support proxy authentication natively. Use selenium-wire instead:

pip install selenium-wire

from seleniumwire import webdriver

options = {
    'proxy': {
        'http': 'http://username:password@fr.hypeproxy.host:port',
        'https': 'http://username:password@fr.hypeproxy.host:port',
    }
}

driver = webdriver.Chrome(seleniumwire_options=options)
driver.get('https://api.ipify.org')
print(driver.page_source)
driver.quit()

JavaScript Setup

const { Builder } = require('selenium-webdriver');
const chrome = require('selenium-webdriver/chrome');

const options = new chrome.Options();
options.addArguments('--proxy-server=http://fr.hypeproxy.host:port');

const driver = await new Builder()
  .forBrowser('chrome')
  .setChromeOptions(options)
  .build();

await driver.get('https://api.ipify.org');
console.log(await driver.findElement({ tagName: 'body' }).getText());
await driver.quit();

Tips

• For proxy authentication, selenium-wire (Python) is the easiest solution. Alternatively, use IP whitelisting in the HypeProxy.io dashboard.
• Combine Selenium with HypeProxy.io API to rotate IPs between test sessions or scraping batches.
• Use mobile proxies for testing websites that block automation — mobile IPs have the highest trust level.
• Consider using Playwright or Puppeteer as alternatives that handle proxy authentication more natively.