How to use a proxy with Charles Proxy

Which proxy to use

Any plan with the country you need.

• Residentialfrom $2.64 per GB
• Residential Litefrom $0.69 per GB
• Mobilefrom $2.64 per GB

What to enter

A PiratProxies plan gives you four things: a host, a port, a username and a password. These are the values for Residential; the username and password are on your plan page.

The country and the session are chosen in the username, not in a separate setting. The generator on your plan page writes the username for you, and Targeting and sessions explains each part.

Steps

1. Open the Proxy menu and choose External Proxy Settings.
2. Tick the option to use external proxy servers.
3. Select the web proxy (HTTP) and the secure web proxy (HTTPS) and enter the host resi.piratproxies.com and port 8080 for each.
4. Tick that the proxy requires a password and enter your username and password.

Menu names can differ a little between versions of Charles Proxy. The four values to enter are always the same.

Rotating or sticky

If Charles Proxy is acting as one visitor through several steps, use a sticky session so the IP address stays the same throughout. If each run is independent, leave the session out and every run starts from a new address.

A sticky username looks like this:

USERNAME-country-us-time-600-session-a1b2c3d4

If it does not work

• Fill in both the HTTP and HTTPS entries. With only the first, https traffic leaves directly from your own connection.
• A 407 error means the username or password was not accepted. Copy both again from your plan page, and check that nothing added a space or cut the username short.
• If the IP address is in the wrong country, look at the username: the country code is part of it. More fixes.

Questions

Charles Proxy is a product of its own makers. PiratProxies is not affiliated with it; the name is used here only to say what this guide is about. Use it within the rules of the sites you work with and our acceptable use policy.