On-demand HTTP(S) proxies across multiple cloud providers — from a single Python call.
Installation · Quick Start · Providers · Proxy Pool · API Reference · Limitations · Contributing
auto_proxy_vpn is a Python library that provisions disposable HTTP(S) proxy servers on major cloud platforms. Each proxy runs Squid on a fresh VM/droplet, is accessible in one or two minutes, and is cleaned up automatically when you're done.
Key features:
- Multi-cloud — spin up proxies on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or DigitalOcean with the same API.
- Zero infrastructure — no pre-existing VMs, containers, or images required.
- Context manager support — resources are created on entry and destroyed on exit.
- Proxy Pool — distribute proxy creation across multiple providers with a single call.
- Multi-account — use multiple accounts per provider in the same pool to multiply capacity and avoid rate limits.
- Batch creation — provision multiple proxies at once with
create_batch(). - Async-friendly — return faster and poll readiness later.
- Random region by default — each proxy is deployed by default to a randomly selected region, maximizing IP diversity out of the box.
- Basic auth & IP filtering — optional Squid authentication and source-IP firewall rules.
- Reconnect — reload a previously created proxy by name without re-provisioning.
⚠️ Responsible Use: This tool is intended for legitimate purposes such as testing, privacy, and accessing geo-restricted content you have rights to. If you use it for web scraping, please respect each website'srobots.txt, rate limits, and terms of service. Hammering servers or bypassing protections you're not supposed to bypass isn't cool — and it gives tools like this a bad name.
- Installation
- Quick Start
- Supported Providers
- Provider Setup Guides
- Usage
- API Reference
- Limitations
- Project Structure
- Contributing
pip install auto_proxy_vpnThen install provider-specific optional dependencies (extras):
| Provider | Extra packages |
|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | (none — uses requests, already included) |
| Google Cloud | pip install auto_proxy_vpn[google] |
| Azure | pip install auto_proxy_vpn[azure] |
| AWS | pip install auto_proxy_vpn[aws] |
Install multiple extras together if needed:
pip install auto_proxy_vpn[google,azure,aws]Install all providers:
pip install auto_proxy_vpn[all]from auto_proxy_vpn.providers.digitalocean import ProxyManagerDigitalOcean
manager = ProxyManagerDigitalOcean(
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAAB3...",
token="dop_v1_xxxx..." # or set DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN env var
)
with manager.get_proxy() as proxy:
import requests
r = requests.get("https://httpbin.org/ip", proxies=proxy.get_proxy())
print(r.json())
# Droplet is destroyed automaticallyfrom auto_proxy_vpn.providers.google import ProxyManagerGoogle
manager = ProxyManagerGoogle(
project="my-gcp-project-id",
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAAB3...",
credentials="google_credentials.json" # or set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
)
with manager.get_proxy() as proxy:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str()) # http://203.0.113.42:38721from auto_proxy_vpn.providers.azure import ProxyManagerAzure
manager = ProxyManagerAzure(
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAAB3...",
credentials={
"AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID": "xxxx-...",
"AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "xxxx-...",
"AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "xxxx-...",
"AZURE_TENANT_ID": "xxxx-...",
}
# or set env vars and use: credentials="your-subscription-id"
# or az login and use: credentials="your-subscription-id"
)
with manager.get_proxy() as proxy:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())from auto_proxy_vpn.providers.aws import ProxyManagerAws
manager = ProxyManagerAws(
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAAB3...",
credentials={
"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "AKIA...",
"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "...",
}
# or set env vars AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID / AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
)
with manager.get_proxy() as proxy:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())from auto_proxy_vpn import ProxyPool, AwsConfig, GoogleConfig, AzureConfig, DigitalOceanConfig
pool = ProxyPool(
AwsConfig(ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA..."),
GoogleConfig(project="my-project", ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA..."),
AzureConfig(ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA..."),
DigitalOceanConfig(ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAAB3...", token="dop_v1_xxxx..."),
)
# One proxy from a randomly selected provider
with pool.create_one() as proxy:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())
# Batch of 6 proxies distributed evenly across providers
with pool.create_batch(6) as batch:
for proxy in batch:
print(proxy)| Provider | Proxy | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Yes | Stable |
| Azure | Yes | Stable |
| DigitalOcean | Yes | Stable |
| AWS | Yes | Stable |
Each provider has its own README with step-by-step credential setup, full API reference, and advanced usage examples:
| Provider | Guide |
|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Google docs |
| Azure | Azure docs |
| DigitalOcean | DigitalOcean docs |
| AWS | AWS docs |
Security: All guides recommend storing credentials in a
.envfile (never viaexportin shell history or committed to version control). See each provider README for details.
Every provider exposes a Manager class that creates and manages proxy instances:
from auto_proxy_vpn.providers.digitalocean import ProxyManagerDigitalOcean
manager = ProxyManagerDigitalOcean(ssh_key="ssh_keys_files")
# Context manager (recommended) — auto-cleanup on exit
with manager.get_proxy() as proxy:
response = requests.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxy.get_proxy())
# Manual lifecycle
proxy = manager.get_proxy()
try:
response = requests.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxy.get_proxy())
finally:
proxy.close()ProxyPool distributes proxy creation across multiple providers and multiple accounts of the same provider. Each config object with different credentials creates a separate manager — proxies are then distributed evenly across all of them using round-robin random selection:
from auto_proxy_vpn import ProxyPool, AwsConfig, GoogleConfig, AzureConfig, DigitalOceanConfig
pool = ProxyPool(
AwsConfig(ssh_key="ssh_keys"),
GoogleConfig(project="my-project", ssh_key="ssh_keys"),
DigitalOceanConfig(ssh_key="ssh_keys"),
)
proxy = pool.create_one(size="small", on_exit="destroy")
# do something with the proxy
proxy.close()
# or with context manager
with pool.create_one(size="small", on_exit="destroy") as proxy:
response = requests.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxy.get_proxy())Pass multiple configs for the same provider with different credentials to multiply your capacity and distribute load across accounts. If a config omits credentials, the corresponding environment variable is used as fallback (e.g. AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID/AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS, AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN):
pool = ProxyPool(
# Account 1: explicit credentials
GoogleConfig(project="project-1", ssh_key="ssh_keys", credentials="creds_1.json"),
# Account 2: uses GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS env var
GoogleConfig(project="project-2", ssh_key="ssh_keys"),
# Plus AWS and Azure accounts
AwsConfig(ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA..."),
AzureConfig(ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA..."),
)
# 9 proxies distributed across 3 managers (≈3 each)
with pool.create_batch(9) as batch:
for proxy in batch:
print(proxy)
running = pool.get_running_proxy_names()
print(running)
# {
# CloudProvider.GOOGLE: {
# "account_1": ["proxy1", "proxy2"],
# "account_2": ["proxy1"],
# },
# CloudProvider.AWS: {
# "account_1": [("proxy1", "proxy2")],
# },
# }account_1, account_2, etc. preserve the same order used when configs are passed to ProxyPool(...).
Create multiple proxies at once — they are provisioned asynchronously by default:
with pool.create_batch(6) as batch:
for proxy in batch:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())
# All 6 proxies are destroyed on exit
# or
batch = pool.create_batch(6)
for proxy in batch:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())
batch.close()Or directly from a single manager:
batch = manager.get_proxies(
number=3,
sizes=["small", "medium", "large"],
is_async=True,
)
# Use batch[0], batch[1], batch[2]
batch.close()manager.get_proxies(...) always returns a ProxyBatch, regardless of provider (AWS, Azure, Google, DigitalOcean, etc.).
proxy = manager.get_proxy(
auth={"user": "myuser", "password": "s3cret"},
allowed_ips=["203.0.113.10", "198.51.100.0/24"],
)
# Proxy URL: http://myuser:s3cret@<ip>:<port>
# Only listed IPs (+ your current IP, auto-added) can connectProxy passwords are not persisted in plaintext. For authenticated proxies,
only a password hash is stored remotely, so reconnecting later requires passing
the same auth credentials to get_proxy_by_name(...).
Return immediately without blocking on VM provisioning:
proxy = manager.get_proxy(is_async=True)
# ... do other work ...
# Block until the proxy is ready
if proxy.is_active(wait=True):
r = requests.get("https://example.com", proxies=proxy.get_proxy())If a proxy was created with on_exit="keep", it remains running after close(). Reconnect later by name:
# Create and keep alive
proxy = manager.get_proxy(on_exit="keep")
print(proxy.name) # "proxy1"
proxy.close() # resources are NOT deleted
# Later session — reconnect
proxy = manager.get_proxy_by_name(
name="proxy1",
is_async=False,
auth={"user": "alice", "password": "secret"}, # only needed for auth proxies
on_exit="destroy",
)List all running proxies:
names = manager.get_running_proxy_names()
# ["proxy1", "proxy2"]High-level orchestrator that distributes proxy creation across providers.
from auto_proxy_vpn import ProxyPool
pool = ProxyPool(
*provider_configs, # AwsConfig, GoogleConfig, AzureConfig, DigitalOceanConfig, ...
log=True,
log_file=None,
log_format="%(asctime)-10s %(levelname)-5s %(message)s",
logger=None,
)| Method | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
create_one(...) |
BaseProxy |
Create one proxy from a randomly selected provider |
create_batch(count, ...) |
ProxyBatch |
Create count proxies distributed across providers |
get_sizes_and_regions(provider) |
dict[Literal['small','medium','large'], list[str] | list[tuple[str, list[str]]]] |
Get all available regions for a provider grouped by size |
get_regions_by_size(provider, size) |
list[str] | list[tuple[str, list[str]]] |
Get regions for one provider and one size (small, medium, large) |
get_running_proxy_names() |
dict[CloudProvider, dict[str, list[str] | list[tuple[str, str]]]] |
List running proxies grouped by provider and account (account_1, account_2, ...) |
Shared options in create_one(...) and create_batch(...): port/ports, size/sizes, region/regions, auth/auths, allowed_ips, is_async, retry, proxy_name/proxy_names, and on_exit.
Inspect available regions to create proxies in specific provider regions:
from auto_proxy_vpn import CloudProvider
sizes_and_regions = pool.get_sizes_and_regions(CloudProvider.AWS)
print(sizes_and_regions["small"])
medium_regions = pool.get_regions_by_size(CloudProvider.AWS, "medium")
print(medium_regions)
# Simple create_one call in a specific AWS region
proxy = pool.create_one(size="medium", region={CloudProvider.AWS: medium_regions[0]})
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())
proxy.close()Common interface shared by all proxy instances (GoogleProxy, AzureProxy, DigitalOceanProxy).
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ip |
str |
Public IPv4 address |
port |
int |
Proxy TCP port |
name |
str |
Instance/droplet name |
active |
bool |
Whether the proxy is confirmed reachable |
user |
str |
Basic-auth username (empty if none) |
password |
str |
Basic-auth password (empty if none) |
| Method | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_proxy_str() |
str |
Full proxy URL: http://user:pass@ip:port |
get_proxy() |
dict | None |
{"http": url, "https": url} for requests |
is_active(wait=False) |
bool |
Check or wait for proxy readiness |
close(wait=True) |
None |
Destroy or keep the proxy (depends on on_exit) |
Context manager:
with manager.get_proxy() as proxy:
# proxy is guaranteed active
...
# resources are cleaned up automaticallyContainer for multiple proxies with iteration and lifecycle control.
ProxyBatch is returned by both pool.create_batch(...) and every provider manager get_proxies(...) call.
with pool.create_batch(5) as batch:
print(len(batch)) # 5
print(batch[0]) # first proxy
for proxy in batch:
print(proxy.get_proxy_str())
# All proxies are closed on exit| Method | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
close() |
None |
Close all proxies in the batch |
len(batch) |
int |
Number of proxies |
batch[i] |
BaseProxy |
Access by index |
for p in batch |
iteration | Iterate over proxies |
Dataclass-based configs used with ProxyPool or Manager.from_config().
from auto_proxy_vpn import AwsConfig
AwsConfig(
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA...", # str | dict | list | file path
credentials={
"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "AKIA...",
"AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "...",
}, # optional; falls back to env vars
)from auto_proxy_vpn import GoogleConfig
GoogleConfig(
project="my-gcp-project-id", # required
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA...", # str | dict | list | file path
credentials="creds.json", # path to service account JSON (or env var)
)from auto_proxy_vpn import AzureConfig
AzureConfig(
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAA...", # str | dict | list | file path
credentials="subscription-id", # str | dict with AZURE_* keys (or env vars)
)from auto_proxy_vpn import DigitalOceanConfig
DigitalOceanConfig(
ssh_key="ssh-rsa AAAAB3...", # str | dict | list | file path
token="dop_v1_xxxx...", # or env var DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN
project_name="AutoProxyVPN",
project_description="On demand proxies",
)All provider managers share the same get_proxy() signature:
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
port |
int |
0 (random) |
Proxy TCP port (random 10000–65000 if 0) |
size |
"small" | "medium" | "large" |
"medium" |
VM/droplet size tier |
region |
str |
"" (random) |
Cloud region/zone |
auth |
dict | None |
None |
{"user": ..., "password": ...} for basic auth |
allowed_ips |
str | list[str] | None |
None |
Allowed source IPs (your IP auto-added) |
is_async |
bool |
False |
Return before VM is fully ready |
retry |
bool |
True |
Retry in another region on failure |
proxy_name |
str |
"" |
Custom name (auto-generated if empty) |
on_exit |
"destroy" | "keep" |
"destroy" |
Cleanup behavior when proxy is closed |
Before choosing this tool, keep in mind:
- Cloud IP blacklists. Some websites maintain blacklists of IP ranges belonging to major cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, DigitalOcean, etc.). If a target site blocks cloud IPs, proxies created by this library will be blocked too — no matter how many regions or accounts you rotate through. This is a fundamental limitation of cloud-based proxies vs. residential ones.
- Not a residential proxy. The IPs you get are datacenter IPs. Services with aggressive anti-bot detection (e.g. some e-commerce sites, social media platforms, or ticket sellers) will likely flag or block them.
- Provider rate limits. Each cloud provider imposes quotas on VM/droplet creation. If you spin up many proxies in a short time, you may hit these limits. Using multiple accounts via
ProxyPoolhelps, but doesn't eliminate them entirely. - Cost. Every proxy is a real cloud VM. Forgetting to destroy instances will incur charges.
auto_proxy_vpn/
├── __init__.py # CloudProvider enum, public exports
├── configs.py # AwsConfig, GoogleConfig, AzureConfig, DigitalOceanConfig, ManagerRuntimeConfig
├── manager_register.py # ProxyManagers registry + provider auto-discovery
├── proxy_pool.py # ProxyPool, RandomManagerPicker
├── providers/
│ ├── azure/ # Azure VM proxy provider
│ ├── digitalocean/ # DigitalOcean droplet proxy provider
│ ├── google/ # Google Compute Engine proxy provider
│ ├── aws/ # AWS EC2 proxy provider
└── utils/
├── base_proxy.py # BaseProxy, BaseProxyManager, ProxyBatch
├── exceptions.py # Shared exceptions
├── files_utils.py # Squid config generator
├── ssh_client.py # SSH command execution and file download
└── util.py # Public IP detection
Contributions are welcome! Please read contributing docs guide for detailed information on:
- Reporting bugs and suggesting features
- Development setup and workflow
- Coding guidelines and style conventions
- Adding a new cloud provider (step-by-step)
- Building and updating the Sphinx documentation
- Pull request process
