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The simplest way to control your connection is by port: each of your 10 IPs has a dedicated port, dc.decodo.com:10001 through 10010. Connect to a port to use that IP. For request-level control, Decodo also offers a backconnect endpoint that accepts parameters passed in the username field. To specify proxy parameters in your request, use the Username and password authentication method.

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Available Parameters

ParameterExample ValueDescription
ip-IP address. You can target an IP address from your free proxy IP list.
countryusCountry code. Please provide it in a two-symbol ISO format. Free Proxy IPs are located in the USA, so us is the only available value.

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Application Support

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User:pass method

The backconnect entry node can also be used in various applications. In such a case, you will need to pass every parameter for your session alongside the username in the username field like this: user-username-country-country_code In the example above, username represents your proxy username, which you would need to get from the authentication field. In the password field, you only need to enter the proxy user’s password.

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cURL Examples

To use these commands, just replace username and password with your proxy user credentials and run them in your Terminal or Command Prompt.
Get an IP from a random location (with Free Proxies, the only available location is the US) with a rotating session
cURL
curl -U "username:password" -x "dc.decodo.com:10000" "https://ip.decodo.com/json?provider=IPinfo"
Get an IP from a specific location (in this example, the US) with a static session
cURL
curl -U "user-username-country-us:password" -x "dc.decodo.com:10001" "https://ip.decodo.com/json?provider=IPinfo"
Get a specific IP (in this example, the IP remains unspecified) with a static session
cURL
curl -U "user-username-ip-x.x.x.x:password" -x "dc.decodo.com:10001" "https://ip.decodo.com/json?provider=IPinfo"
When using any backconnect parameter, your username is also considered one of the parameters, therefore you need to add user- prefix before specifying your username, just like with all other parameters.

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