[Answers](https://scrapfly.io/blog) / [http](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/http) / [How to use proxies with Python httpx?](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-use-proxies-python-httpx) # How to use proxies with Python httpx? by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Apr 18, 2026 1 min read [\#http](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/http) [\#httpx](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/httpx) [\#python](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/python) [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscrapfly.io%2Fblog%2Fanswers%2Fhow-to-use-proxies-python-httpx "Share on LinkedIn") Python's [httpx](https://pypi.org/project/httpx/) HTTP client package supports both HTTP and SOCKS5 proxies. Here's how to use proxies with httpx: python```python import httpx from urllib.parse import quote # proxy pattern is: # scheme://username:password@IP:PORT # For example: # no auth HTTP proxy: my_proxy = "http://160.11.12.13:1020" # or socks5 my_proxy = "http://160.11.12.13:1020|socks5" # proxy with authentication my_proxy = "http://my_username:my_password@160.11.12.13:1020" # note: that username and password should be url quoted if they contain URL sensitive characters like "@": my_proxy = f"http://{quote('foo@bar.com')}:{quote('password@123')}@160.11.12.13:1020" proxies = { # this proxy will be applied to all http:// urls 'http://': 'http://160.11.12.13:1020', # this proxy will be applied to all https:// urls (not the S) 'https://': 'http://160.11.12.13:1020', # we can also use proxy only for specific pages 'https://httpbin.dev': 'http://160.11.12.13:1020', } with httpx.Client(proxies=proxies) as client: r = client.get("https://httpbin.dev/ip") # or async async with httpx.AsyncClient(proxies=proxies) as client: r = await client.get("https://httpbin.dev/ip") ``` Note that proxy can also be set through the standard `*_PROXY` environment variables: shell```shell $ export HTTP_PROXY="http://160.11.12.13:1020" $ export HTTPS_PROXY="http://160.11.12.13:1020" $ export ALL_PROXY="socks://160.11.12.13:1020" $ python import httpx # this will use the proxies we set with httpx.Client() as client: r = client.get("https://httpbin.dev/ip") ``` When web scraping, it's best to rotate proxies for each request. 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