Zyte SmartProxy Plugin

A plugin for playwright-extra and puppeteer-extra to provide Smart Proxy Manager specific functionalities.

QuickStart for playwright-extra

1. Install Zyte SmartProxy Plugin

npm install playwright playwright-extra zyte-smartproxy-plugin puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth @cliqz/adblocker-playwright

2. Create a file sample.js with following content and replace <SPM_APIKEY> with your SPM Apikey

// playwright-extra is a drop-in replacement for playwright,
// it augments the installed playwright with plugin functionality
const { chromium } = require('playwright-extra')

// add zyte-smartproxy-plugin
const SmartProxyPlugin = require('zyte-smartproxy-plugin');
chromium.use(SmartProxyPlugin({
  spm_apikey: '<SPM_APIKEY>',
  static_bypass: false, //  enable to save bandwidth (but may break some websites)
}));

// add stealth plugin and use defaults (all evasion techniques)
const StealthPlugin = require('puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth');
chromium.use(StealthPlugin());

// create adblocker to block all ads (saves bandwidth)
const { PlaywrightBlocker } = require('@cliqz/adblocker-playwright');
const fetch = require('cross-fetch');

// playwright usage as normal
(async () => {
  const adBlocker = await PlaywrightBlocker.fromPrebuiltAdsAndTracking(fetch);

  const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: false });
  const page = await browser.newPage({ignoreHTTPSErrors: true});

  // uncomment to enable adBlocker (saves bandwidth but may break some websites)
  // adBlocker.enableBlockingInPage(page);

  await page.goto('https://toscrape.com', {timeout: 180000});

  await page.screenshot({path: 'screenshot.png'})
  await browser.close();
})();

Make sure that you're able to make https requests using Smart Proxy Manager by following this guide Fetching HTTPS pages with Zyte Smart Proxy Manager

3. Run sample.js using Node

node sample.js

QuickStart for puppeteer-extra

1. Install Zyte SmartProxy Plugin

npm install puppeteer puppeteer-extra zyte-smartproxy-plugin puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth puppeteer-extra-plugin-adblocker

2. Create a file sample.js with following content and replace <SPM_APIKEY> with your SPM Apikey

// puppeteer-extra is a drop-in replacement for puppeteer,
// it augments the installed puppeteer with plugin functionality
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-extra')

// add zyte-smartproxy-plugin
const SmartProxyPlugin = require('zyte-smartproxy-plugin');
puppeteer.use(SmartProxyPlugin({
  spm_apikey: '<SPM_APIKEY>',
  static_bypass: false, //  enable to save bandwidth (but may break some websites)
}));

// add stealth plugin and use defaults (all evasion techniques)
const StealthPlugin = require('puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth');
puppeteer.use(StealthPlugin());

// uncomment to enable adblocker plugin (saves bandwidth but may break some websites)
// const AdBlockerPlugin = require('puppeteer-extra-plugin-adblocker');
// puppeteer.use(AdBlockerPlugin({blockTrackers: true}));

// puppeteer usage as normal
(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false });
  const page = await browser.newPage({ignoreHTTPSErrors: true});

  await page.goto('https://toscrape.com', {timeout: 180000});

  await page.screenshot({path: 'screenshot.png'})
  await browser.close();
})();

Make sure that you're able to make https requests using Smart Proxy Manager by following this guide Fetching HTTPS pages with Zyte Smart Proxy Manager

3. Run sample.js using Node

node sample.js

Zyte SmartProxy Plugin arguments

| Argument | Default Value | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | spm_apikey | undefined | Zyte Smart Proxy Manager API key that can be found on your zyte.com account. | | spm_host | http://proxy.zyte.com:8011 | Zyte Smart Proxy Manager proxy host. | | static_bypass | true | When true Zyte SmartProxy Plugin will skip proxy use (saves proxy bandwidth) for static assets defined by static_bypass_regex or pass false to use proxy. | | static_bypass_regex | /.*?\.(?:txt\|json\|css\|less\|gif\|ico\|jpe?g\|svg\|png\|webp\|mkv\|mp4\|mpe?g\|webm\|eot\|ttf\|woff2?)$/ | Regex to use filtering URLs for static_bypass. | | headers | {'X-Crawlera-No-Bancheck': '1', 'X-Crawlera-Profile': 'pass', 'X-Crawlera-Cookies': 'disable'} | List of headers to be appended to requests | | spm_session_id | undefined | When specified Zyte SmartProxy Plugin will use an existing Zyte Smart Proxy Manager session, otherwise a new session will be created. |

Notes

• Some websites may not work with AdBlocker or static_bypass enabled (default). Try to disable them if you encounter any issues.

• When using headless: true mode, values generated for some browser-specific headers are a bit different, which may be detected by websites. Try using 'X-Crawlera-Profile': 'desktop' in that case:

puppeteer.use(SmartProxyPlugin({spm_apikey: '<SPM_APIKEY>', headers: {'X-Crawlera-No-Bancheck': '1', 'X-Crawlera-Profile': 'desktop', 'X-Crawlera-Cookies': 'disable'}}));

• When connecting to a remote Chrome browser instance, it should be launched with these arguments:

--proxy-server=http://proxy.zyte.com:8011 --disable-site-isolation-trials