The sticky session allows you to keep the same IP address with a specified session length (up to 24 hours) to run multiple requests and be able to change them when needed.
Also can use rotation settings in the dashboard. More info here.
Setting a sticky sessions connection
SOAX offers ISP proxy access through a single endpoint: proxy.soax.com:5000
Sticky sessions work with the parameters described below:
package_id- package id can be found on the left top corner of your package cardcountry- country code to target United States location :ussessionid- a random string to create a session in order to keep the same proxy for more than one request. If this parameter is not indicated (along withsessionlength), you will get new IP on every request you make. Example:rand123456sessionlength- must be used withsessionid. Specifies the sticky session time in seconds – from 0 seconds up to 86400 sec (24 hours). If you don’t indicatesessionlength, a session will last 180 sec. Example:90
To build sticky sessions, you need to add the parameters described above along with package-id and login (package_key):
proxy.soax.com:5000 package-{package_id}-country-us-sessionid-{session_id}-sessionlength-{time_in_sec}:{package_key}Use the Session ID only if you want a sticky session. Otherwise, just ignore that part to receive a rotating proxy with a specified Session length.
How sticky sessions work
To force an IP change, just modify the
sessionidSticky sessions work only at port
5000with endpointproxy.soax.comYou can start as many parallel connections using sessions as you want. To do that, just use a different random string
sessionid.If you keep sending requests to the same
sessionid, you can maintain the same IP for any amount of time within the setsessionlength.If an assigned to the session node IP becomes unavailable, the proxy server will return the error “502 — Node is not available” and the new IP will be assigned in 60 seconds if the IP didn’t return.
The session automatically expires in 60 seconds of inactivity. After that, a new IP will be assigned to this session’s ID. To keep this IP longer, send a tiny keep-alive request every 30 seconds to prevent this session from becoming idle for over a minute.
While IP is assigned to a specified
sessionidit can not be assigned to anothersessionid. Therefore, IPs in parallel active sessions cannot overlap.If you do not indicate
sessionidandsessionlengthyou will get new IP on every request you make.sessionlength– must be used withsessionidotherwise, you will get an error from the proxy server.
Examples of using Sticky sessions
United States proxy with new IP on each request
proxy.soax.com:5000 package-{package_id}-country-us:{login}United States proxy with sticky sessions (using session ID) and default session length in 180 sec
proxy.soax.com:5000 package-{package_id}-country-us-sessionid-{session_id}:{login}United States proxy with sticky sessions (using session ID) and custom session length
proxy.soax.com:5000 package-{package_id}-country-us-sessionid-{session_id}-sessionlength-{time_in_sec}:{login}An example represents a list of credentials that establish different sessions in different countries with different sessions length (seconds).
[proxy.soax.com:5000](<http://proxy.soax.com:5000/>) package-64412-country-us-sessionid-rand123456-sessionlength-90:PFh4Nm42Boe6hcJ0 [proxy.soax.com:5000](<http://proxy.soax.com:5000/>) package-64412-country-uk-sessionid-tsa122-sessionlength-180:PFh4Nm42Boe6hcJ0 [proxy.soax.com:5000](<http://proxy.soax.com:5000/>) package-64412-country-br-sessionid-rwaf123122-sessionlength-86400:PFh4Nm42Boe6hcJ0
To connect to sessions in the 3-rd party tools, you need to use the next credentials without <> symbols :
Login: package-<your package id>-country-<code>-sessionid-<session_id>-sessionlength-<time_in_sec> Pass: <your package login>
Domain: proxy.soax.com Port: 5000