Zyte Connector

Zyte (formely Crawlera) is a proxies service for Data Extraction.

ProxyHerd supports both Zyte API (Proxy Mode) and Smart Proxy Manager.

Prerequisites

An active Zyte subscription is required.

Zyte API

INFO

When using the Zyte API, you need to enable sticky sessions with an HTTP header or cookie because the cookie jar is linked to the Zyte session and its outbound IP. If you try to send the cookie through a different proxy, the Zyte API will remove it. A simpler solution is to keep all session requests on the same proxy in ProxyHerd.

Connect to the Zyte App:

1. Go to the Zyte API section;
2. Select the API Access tab;
3. Remember the API key.

Smart Proxy Manager

Connect to the Zyte App:

1. Go to the Dashboard section;
2. And click on the Create Account button.

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1. Enter proxyherd as Account Name;
2. Click on the Create button.

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1. Select the region you want to use and click on Save;
2. Remember the API Key.

ProxyHerd

Open ProxyHerd User Interface and select Marketplace:

Step 1: Create a new credential

Select Zyte to create a new credential (use search if necessary).

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Complete the form with the following information:

1. Name: The name of the credential;
2. Product: The product to use (Zyte API or Smart Proxy Manager);
3. Token: The token of the API.

And click on Create.

Step 2: Create a new connector

Create a new connector and select Zyte as provider:

Complete the form with the following information:

1. Credential: The previous credential;
2. Name: The name of the connector;
3. # Proxies: The number of instances to create;
4. Proxies Timeout: Maximum duration for connecting to a proxy before considering it as offline;
5. Proxies Kick: If enabled, maximum duration for a proxy to be offline before being removed from the pool;
6. Region: Select the country to use;
7. API URL: Set the URL (default is api.zyte.com:8011 for the Zyte API and proxy.crawlera.com:8011 for the Smart Proxy Manager).

And click on Create.

Step 3: Start the connector

1. Start the project;
2. Start the connector.

Other: Stop the connector

1. Stop the connector;
2. Wait for proxies to be removed.