Proxy File Format

The following sections describe the proxy file format supported by Jancy.

For more information on creating a proxy provider, see our Wiki. You can access it here.

Examples

You can find an example proxy file here.

Delimiter

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

Columns

Name (optional)

Any name you want to use to easily identify the proxy.

This column is optional. If you do include it, you don’t have to specify a value.

Host (required)

The IP or host name of the proxy server to connect to.

Port (required)

The port number at Host to connect to.

Username (optional)

The username to use to authenticate against the proxy with.

Password (optional)

The password for Username to use to authenticate against the proxy with.

The Username and Password columns are optional for situations when your connection to the proxy is validated by whitelisting your own IP address

Time Zone (optional)

The “Time Zone” column lets you assign a time zone to your proxies. The time zone set will be used when a proxy is selected into a tab. You can find the complete and valid list of time zones here