ScraperAPI behind Selenium: route traffic via selenium-wire proxy at proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001

TL;DR

You can put ScraperAPI behind Selenium by routing Selenium traffic through its proxy: use selenium-wire and set the proxy to proxy-server.scraperapi.com on port 8001 - username 'scraperapi', your API key as the password - passed via seleniumwire_options at driver creation. That way the whole browser session inherits ScraperAPI's proxy rotation and IP handling, instead of only getting it for direct API requests.

Fix

1. You can put ScraperAPI behind Selenium by routing Selenium traffic through its proxy: use selenium-wire and set the proxy to proxy-server.scraperapi.com on port 8001 - username 'scraperapi', your API key as the password - passed via seleniumwire_options at driver creation. Expected: You get the expected result; the problem is gone.

2. That way the whole browser session inherits ScraperAPI's proxy rotation and IP handling, instead of only getting it for direct API requests. Expected: You get the expected result; the problem is gone.

When to use

• You are setting up or using this ScraperAPI behind Selenium feature.
• The symptom matches: route traffic via selenium-wire proxy at proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001.

When NOT to use

• Unrelated ScraperAPI behind Selenium issues (different feature, different failure).
• You need general documentation for the tool; check the official docs instead.

Compatibility

Reported against ScraperAPI behind Selenium.

Variant phrasings

route traffic via selenium-wire proxy at proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001

Why it happens

Stack Overflow (ScraperAPI with Python Selenium, accepted answer): route ScraperAPI through Selenium using selenium-wire's proxy options - the proxy server is proxy-server.scraperapi.com on port 8001, with 'scraperapi' as the username and your API key as the password. Pass it via seleniumwire_options when creating the Chrome driver. This is the pattern when the target needs a real browser session behind ScraperAPI's rotating proxies.

Edge cases

• If your error message differs even slightly, this is probably a different issue; search the exact text.
• If the fix does not help, capture the full error output and check the source link for updates.

Matched source

Source: Stack Overflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71311460 Original query: "ScraperAPI behind Selenium: route traffic via selenium-wire proxy at proxy-server.scraperapi.com:8001" Key terms: 8001, behind, proxy, route, scraperapi, selenium, server, traffic, wire

Source: Stack Overflow (ScraperAPI with Python Selenium, accepted answer): route ScraperAPI through Selenium using selenium-wire's proxy options - the proxy server is proxy-server.scraperapi.com on port 8001, with 'scraperapi' as the username and your API key as the password. Pass it via seleniumwire_options when creating the Chrome driver. This is the pattern when the target needs a real browser session behind ScraperAPI's rotating proxies.

Verified resolution: You can put ScraperAPI behind Selenium by routing Selenium traffic through its proxy: use selenium-wire and set the proxy to proxy-server.scraperapi.com on port 8001 - username 'scraperapi', your API key as the password - passed via seleniumwire_options at driver creation. That way the whole browser session inherits ScraperAPI's proxy rotation and IP handling, instead of only getting it for direct API requests.

Source URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71311460