In this article, you will learn about the simplest ways to start testing or using SOAX proxies without browser extensions. The article provides the following testing methods:

CURL for different OS;
PHP;
.NET Framework using C# (with Rebex HTTP library);
Python.

Please note that "0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp" is a test login, which cannot be used in real-life scenarios. You must use your login instead. Also, note that "wifi;pl;" is a test password that sets up the target region. For successful testing, your IP must be tied to the checked packet.

1.CURL

in Linux:

launch Terminal/Bash and execute the request:

$ curl -x "http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000" -L http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo

A successfully completed request looks like this:

$ curl -x "http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000" -L http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo {"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

in MacOS:

launch Terminal and execute the request:

curl -x "http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000" -L http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo

A successfully completed request looks like this:

macbook-username:~ username$ curl -x “http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000” -L http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo{“status”:true,“reason”:“”,“data”:{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

in Windows 10:

1) type "control" in the search box and open Control Panel:

2) select "Programs and Features":

3) select "Turn Windows features on or off":

4) mark the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" checkbox:

5) now, you can use "CURL" by running cmd.exe. The command should look like this:

curl -x http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000 -L http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo

The executed command looks like this:

C:\>curl -x http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000 -L http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo 
{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

in previous Windows versions:

1) install CURL using one of the methods below:

download "CURL for Windows" and unpack CURL.EXE in the Windows folder or from the Windows\System32 folder:
https://curl.se/windows/
download and install Cygwin (select "CURL" from the list of installed packages during the installation):
https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe

2) run cmd.exe and execute the command:

curl -x http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000 -L https://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo

The executed command looks like this:

C:\cygwin64\bin>curl -x http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000 -L https://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo
{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

2. PHP

<?php
$auth = base64_encode('0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;');
$aContext = array(
    'http' => array(
        'proxy'           => 'tcp://proxy.soax.com:9000',
        'request_fulluri' => true,
        'header'          => "Proxy-Authorization: Basic $auth",
    ),
);
$cxContext = stream_context_create($aContext);
$sFile = file_get_contents("http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo", False, $cxContext);
echo $sFile, "\n";
?>

Code execution example (tested on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS with PHP 5.6):

$ php proxy_test.php

{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

3. .NET Framework using C# (with Rebex HTTP library)

using Rebex.Net;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Rebex.Licensing.Key = "ENTER YOUR LICENSING KEY HERE";

            var client = new Rebex.Net.HttpRequestCreator();
            
            client.Proxy.ProxyType = ProxyType.Socks5;
            client.Proxy.Host = "proxy.soax.com";
            client.Proxy.Port = 9000;
            client.Proxy.UserName = "0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp";
            client.Proxy.Password = "wifi;us;;;";

            var url = "http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo";

            var httpRequest = client.Create(url);
            httpRequest.Headers["Accept"] = "text/html, application/xhtml+xml, image/jxr, */*";
            httpRequest.Headers["Accept-Language"] = "en-US,en;q=0.7,ru;q=0.3";
            httpRequest.Headers["Accept-Encoding"] = "gzip, deflate";
            httpRequest.Headers["Host"] = url;
            httpRequest.Headers["Connection"] = "Keep-Alive";
            httpRequest.Timeout = 30000;
            
            try
            {
                var response = httpRequest.GetResponse() as Rebex.Net.HttpResponse;

                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
                {
                    var content = sr.ReadToEnd();
                    Console.WriteLine("Url: " + url + " \n" + "Content length: " + content.Length + "\n" + "Response: \n" + content);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Url " + url + " is failed. \n" + e.Message);
            }
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

4. Python

Python version 2.7 or 3.6 (using Requests library):

import requests as req

proxy = {
    "http": "http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000",
    "https": "http://0YFEkZzfrwBX4Wfp:wifi;pl;@proxy.soax.com:9000"
}

resp = req.get("http://checker.soax.com/api/ipinfo",proxies=proxy)

print(resp.text)

Code execution example on version 2.7 and 3.6, respectively (tested on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS):

$ python2.7 proxy_test.py

{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

$ python3.6 proxy_test.py

{"status":true,"reason":"","data":{"carrier":"","city":"Wroclaw","country_code":"PL","country_name":"Poland","ip":"188.47.123.31","isp":"Orange Swiatlowod","region":"Lower Silesia"}}

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