Microsoft.Edge.SeleniumTools: Assign a custom proxy

Question

I have an app using Microsoft.Edge.SeleniumTools and the HtmlAgilityPack so scrape pages. Is it possible to assign a custom proxy to the request? I have a list of proxies I want to use for 'rotating proxies'.

also, it is possible to assign a different user agent to the header?

If so, how can I do these. i don't see it documented anywhere

Answer 1

Hi @moondaddy

As you say you're using Edge Chromium, you can use edgeOptions.AddArgument("--user-agent=xxx") and edgeOptions.AddArgument("--proxy-server=xxx") to set the proxy and user agent.

Example code (please note to change the values to your owns):

static void Main(string[] args)  
{  
        EdgeOptions edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();  
        edgeOptions.UseChromium = true;  
        edgeOptions.BinaryLocation = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe";  
        // Here we try to set Firefox user agent...  
        edgeOptions.AddArgument("--user-agent=mozilla/5.0 (windows nt 10.0; win64; x64; rv:78.0) gecko/20100101 firefox/78.0");   
        edgeOptions.AddArgument("--proxy-server=http://user:******@yourProxyServer.com:8080");  
        IWebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver(@"D:\your_webdriver_path", edgeOptions);  
        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.yourwebsite.com");  
}  

Reference link:

1. Useragent setting in Edge Webdriver
2. Command-line options for proxy settings

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