Billal Ainaoui
Billal Ainaoui is the founder of HProxy.com. He started it to make honest proxy infrastructure anyone can afford, and he still reads every support message himself. The guides he signs come from the prices, tests and support questions the team works with every day. HProxy sells proxies, so weigh his view with that in mind.
Founder of HProxy.com · 1667 articles
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Deutsche Mediathek im Ausland: ARD, ZDF, RTL+ sehen
Deutsche Mediathek im Ausland sehen: warum ARD, ZDF und RTL+ dich sperren, warum kostenlose Proxys hier scheitern und welche IP eine deutsche Mediathek als Anwohner liest.
August 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Guide
Mistral as a Janitor AI Proxy: The Direct API, the OpenRouter Route, and the $10 of Monthly Credits on Mistral's Free Plan
Mistral's models speak the OpenAI format natively, so they drop into Janitor AI's proxy field with no compatibility layer: https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions and a key from Mistral's console. What Mistral Large and Small cost per message at listed prices, the free plan on Mistral's pricing page that lists $10 a month in API credits, the OpenRouter route with today's ids, and the limits and refusals no proxy changes.
August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Guide
net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED in Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium: Causes and Fixes
Which proxy mistake gives which net:: error in headless Chrome. Measured in ten cases: dead addresses, passwords, credentials in the URL, schemes Chrome rejects, refused tunnels. SOCKS5 logins, Docker and CI from the Chromium source and the docs.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
npm Proxy Settings and Errors: .npmrc, HTTPS_PROXY and SOCKS, Tested
What npm does with a proxy, measured in 42 setups on npm 11.8 and 10.9: which setting wins, why HTTP_PROXY and --proxy=false mislead, SOCKS5, the certificate fix, and what each error line means.
August 24, 2026 · 15 min read
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pip Behind a Proxy: Fix "Cannot Connect to Proxy", 407, and Certificate Errors
How pip finds its proxy, the --proxy flag and pip.conf keys, and the fix for each error: cannot connect to proxy, 407 in the tunnel, and certificate verify failed.
August 24, 2026 · 10 min read
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Proxies for 7-Eleven: 7NOW Delivery Zones, Store-Level Prices, and 13,000 Stores
Proxies for 7-Eleven: checking 7NOW delivery coverage and prices by address across 7,000-plus stores, reading the 13,000-store locator, tracking regional promotions, which proxy type fits a page guarded by two bot vendors, and what a proxy cannot do.
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
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Proxies for Abercrombie: F5 Shape and a Country Redirect
Proxies for Abercrombie: a home IP loaded but was routed to a regional site with F5 Shape watching, while our datacenter IP was blocked. Which proxy type fits cross-country price monitoring across Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister, with sizing.
August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Academy Sports: Akamai, Shape, and Regional Stock
Proxies for Academy Sports + Outdoors: the site loads behind Akamai and F5 Shape with Kount fraud scoring, hunting and outdoor stock is regional, and some items ship only to certain states. Which proxy type fits price and store-stock monitoring, with sizing.
August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Accor: One Login, Fifty Brands, Many Markets
Proxies for Accor: how one ALL account spans luxury to economy across 5,600 hotels, why the brand tier and the market both move the price, and which residential setup reads each market's Accor rate.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for Activision: The Account, Ricochet, and What a Proxy Can Do for Call of Duty
Proxies for Activision explained: what the Activision account controls across Call of Duty and Warzone, why Ricochet's kernel anti-cheat reads the machine not the IP, how region and SBMM work, and which proxy type fits the account side.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
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Proxies for Adorama: DataDome and a Visible Risk Score
Proxies for Adorama: DataDome refused our plain client on both IPs and even exposed its risk score in a header, the pro-photo catalog spans new and used, and MAP prices hide until the cart. Which proxy type fits camera and electronics price monitoring.
August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Agoda: Geo-Priced Rooms Behind a JavaScript Shell
Proxies for Agoda: why the price depends on the visitor's country, app and login, why a plain request returns a 200 with no listings, how Agoda flags datacenter traffic, and which residential setup reads Asian markets.
August 24, 2026 · 9 min read
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Proxies for AI Coding Tools: Where Each One Takes a Proxy, With Our Lab Results
Where Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Cline, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Zed and more take a proxy, what our labs found, and where the code they write needs one.
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
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Proxies for Air France: Point-of-Sale Fares in the AF-KLM Group
Proxies for Air France: how AF-KLM group fares are filed by point of sale, why Flying Blue and currency vary by market, how the site is defended, and which residential setup reads it per country.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for Airline Fare Intelligence in 2026: Licensed Fare Data, the Rules, and In-Market Checks
Airline fare intelligence in 2026: the licensed routes to competitor fares, what airline and travel sites' rules say, why point of sale matters, and dated proxy prices.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for Alaska Airlines: Mileage Plan and a oneworld Read
Proxies for Alaska Airlines: why Mileage Plan award space is a high-value read, how the Hawaiian integration widens the network, how the site is defended, and which residential setup reads it.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for ALDI: Weekly Finds, Store-Level Prices, and 800 New Stores to Track
Proxies for ALDI: reading the weekly ad and ALDI Finds per store, store-level prices and online availability across a chain adding 800 US stores by 2028, which proxy type fits a site whose front door stayed open in our test, and why there is no account job to worry about.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for American Airlines: Scraping Through the NDC War
Proxies for American Airlines: how the NDC distribution fight pulled fares off the GDS and pushed them to aa.com, why Akamai guards the fare search, and which residential setup reads AA fares per market.
August 24, 2026 · 8 min read
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Proxies for American Eagle: Akamai Over Four Brands
Proxies for American Eagle: Akamai denied our plain client on request one from both IPs, ae.com fronts American Eagle, Aerie and OFFLINE together, and merchandise reaches 30-plus countries through licensees. Which proxy type fits price and drop monitoring.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for Amtrak: Rail Fares Went Dynamic in 2026
Proxies for Amtrak: how Amtrak now prices tickets dynamically like an airline, why fare buckets sell out and push prices up near departure, and which residential setup reads Amtrak fares on a schedule.
August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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Proxies for Anthropologie: DataDome and the URBN Family
Proxies for Anthropologie: DataDome refused our plain client on request one from both IPs, the site is one of the URBN brands beside Urban Outfitters and Free People, and frequent markdowns make timing the price. Which proxy type fits price and stock monitoring.
August 24, 2026 · 6 min read
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Proxies for ARK: Modded Servers, Clusters, and What a Proxy Can Do
Proxies for ARK Survival Ascended explained: how modded dedicated servers and clusters work, why a forward proxy does not host a server, where a proxy helps with testing and accounts, and which type fits.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
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Proxies for AutoZone: DataDome at the Door, Fitment Behind It
Proxies for AutoZone: DataDome returned 403 on our first request from both a home and a datacenter IP, the catalog is keyed by vehicle and store, and pricing splits DIY from commercial. Which proxy type fits parts data at 7,600 stores across three countries.
August 24, 2026 · 7 min read
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Proxies for Avis: Residence Rates and the AWD Code Layer
Proxies for Avis: how country of residence and AWD discount codes both move the price, how Avis Budget Group prices across markets, and which residential setup reads each market's Avis rate.
August 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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