Adding Proxies

This page provides an overview of adding proxies to Jancy via a proxy provider.

Creating a Proxy Provider

By default, Jancy can read proxies from CSV and TXT files formatted as described here.

To create a link between Jancy and a file of proxies you need to create a Text Delimited Proxy Provider.

1. Open the Proxy setting panel (File → Settings → Proxies)
2. Click the + Add a proxy provider button and select the v2: Load proxies from a delimited text file (w/column selection) option.
3. In the Load Proxies From a Text File dialog that appears, press the button with the three dots next to the Path field.
4. In the Open File dialog that appears, locate your proxy file on your computer and press the Open button.
5. Modify the Column Format dropdown to match the format of your file.
6. Modify the Delimiter dropdown to match that of your file (If you are using a CSV file this is most likely a comma.)
7. If your file has a header row check the Has header row checkbox, this will omit the first line of the file.
8. Click the Add button

If the Delimiter or Has header row settings do not match your CSV format, Jancy may not be able to read your proxies correctly.

Creating a Google Sheets Proxy Provider

This requires you to have configured a Google account using the Google Workspace integration.

1. Open the Proxy setting panel (File → Settings → Proxies)
2. Click the + Add a proxy provider button and select the Load proxies from a Google sheet option.
3. In the Load Proxies From a Google Sheet dialog that appears:
   1. In the Name field, give your sheet a custom name
   2. In the Workspace ID field, select the correct Google Workspace Account from the dropdown menu
   3. In the Spreadsheet URL or ID field, copy and paste the URL of the spreadsheet

      

   4. In the Sheet Name field, type the name of the Sheet that contains your proxies

      

   5. Modify the Column Format dropdown to match the format of your sheet.
   6. If your file has a header row check the Has header row checkbox, this will omit the first line of the file.

If the Delimiter or Has header row settings do not match your file format, Jancy may not be able to read your proxies correctly.

If everything works, you should see a configured proxy provider that looks like this:

You can add as many providers as you need.

Name

A custom name to use for the provider.

Defaults to the filename.

Column Format

The column layout of your file. The column formats that this parser supports are:

• name, host, port, username, password
• host, port, username, password
• name, host, port
• host, port
• name, host, port, username, password, timezone
• host, port, username, password, timezone
• name, host, port, timezone
• host, port, timezone

Providing the correct value for this setting usually requires looking at your file in a text editor (like notepad) to determine where each value is.

See here for an example file and a brief explanation about what value each column may contain.

Delimiter

The delimiter used to separate columns in the file.

A comma, tab, colon, and semi-colon are the currently supported delimiters.

Mode

Determines how proxies are given out.

• persist proxies will be given out in order and position in the file is remembered even when the file is read again
• start over same as persist but always starts at the top of the list when the file is read again
• random proxies are given out in a random order

Proxy Provider Buttons

- Star

If you have multiple proxy providers, you can set one as the default by toggling the star button.

- Edit

To edit the configuration of your proxy file, toggle on the button with a pencil and paper.

- Refresh

If you have made changes to your proxy file and need to update them in Jancy, toggle the refresh button shown in the snapshot above. This will prompt Jancy to re-read the selected file and update any new information.

- Trash

To delete a proxy provider, click on the trash can button.

- Test

Proxies can be tested on a per-provider basis by clicking the play button.

The proxy tester verifies that Jancy can establish a connection to each proxy. While this confirms that the proxy is reachable, it does not guarantee that the proxy is working as expected for browsing.

To verify that a proxy is working correctly, we recommend selecting the proxy in Jancy and visiting a website that displays your public IP address.