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 · 1666 articles
Explainer
SOCKS5 UDP explained: how UDP ASSOCIATE works and which proxies support it
How a SOCKS5 proxy relays UDP with UDP ASSOCIATE, byte by byte, and how many proxies really do it: 17 of 575 public SOCKS5 proxies on October 10, 2026.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Explainer
TCP vs UDP for proxies: which apps need UDP and which proxies carry it
TCP vs UDP explained with one DNS lookup sent both ways and measured, which apps really need UDP, and which proxy types carry each. Tested on October 10, 2026.
October 10, 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
Twitter rate limit exceeded error: what X limits and how to get past the message
“Rate limit exceeded” on X means your account, or an app acting for it, used up a limit X counts over time. Which limits X publishes, and what fixes it.
October 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Review
Webshare.io: the company, its owners and its history
Webshare began in 2017 as a free proxy site, became a Delaware company and was sold to Oxylabs in 2022. Its founder, patents and owners, from the records.
October 10, 2026 · 19 min read
Explainer
What is a proxy hostname? Host, port and how to find yours
A proxy hostname is the name of the proxy server you connect to. How DNS turns it into an address, which name goes where, and what Android's field accepts.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Tutorial
What is cURL? The curl command, its options and how proxies fit in
What curl is, how the curl command works, which options matter, how to tell whether a command worked and how proxies fit in, with every command run on October 10, 2026.
October 10, 2026 · 18 min read
Guide
Your IP has been temporarily blocked: what the message means and how to fix it
What “Your IP has been temporarily blocked” means, where it appears, how long each site says it lasts, and the fixes in order, from the platforms' own pages.
October 10, 2026 · 11 min read
Use case
Best Buy price tracker: price drops, the price match, stock and the API
Best Buy matches its own lower price during the return period. Its Developer API gives sale price, regular price and stock, and its terms set rules for bots.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Flipkart price tracker: price history, the tools and building your own
A Flipkart product page we read showed no price history. Trackers say they check prices several times a day; the Affiliate API gives the MRP and prices.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Google Flights price alerts: tracking fares, and what changes by country
Turn on Track prices in Google Flights to get an email when a fare changes a lot. How Any dates works, the price tips, AI deals, and what location changes.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for Crunchbase: exports, the API, free datasets and what the terms allow
Crunchbase's terms forbid crawling and scraping. Its paid plans export to CSV each month, the API is sold through sales, and two datasets are free.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for FBref: the rate limit, the terms, and football data the allowed way
Sports Reference blocks bots that send FBref more than ten requests a minute, and its terms bar competing databases and AI training. There is no API.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for Flashscore: the terms, robots.txt, Favorites and where its data comes from
Flashscore's terms allow personal use only and forbid scraping and aggregating without consent. Favorites send live alerts, and Opta supplies its football data.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for Google Play: the terms, robots.txt and prices by country
Google's terms tie automated access to robots.txt, which closes Play search and reviews. A store page shows other countries' prices when only gl changes.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for idealo: how its price comparison ranks offers, Price Alerts and its MCP server
How idealo ranks shop offers, how its Price Alerts and price history work, what its terms say about scraping, and the MCP server idealo runs for AI assistants.
October 4, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for IndiaMART: the terms, the Leads API and why there is no Excel export
IndiaMART's terms ban systematic retrieval by robots or spiders without permission. Paid sellers can send their own leads to a CRM through its Leads API.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for LinkedIn Sales Navigator: exports, CRM sync and what LinkedIn allows
LinkedIn offers no CSV export from Sales Navigator, and Advanced Plus syncs leads with your CRM. What LinkedIn's terms say about scrapers and extensions.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for Rightmove: the terms, property alerts and the open data on sold prices
Rightmove's terms forbid bots, crawlers and scrapers. Alerts watch new listings, Data Services offers data, and HM Land Registry publishes sold prices free.
October 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Use case
Proxies for Substack: the terms, the RSS feed, exports and the MCP server
Substack's terms forbid crawling, scraping and spidering. Every publication has a public RSS feed, writers can export posts, and some can use an MCP server.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for TradingView: webhooks, the display-only license and what a bot may do
TradingView sends webhooks from four published IP addresses. Its terms license alerts and webhooks for display only and forbid automated trading on them.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for Transfermarkt: the terms, robots.txt, the bot check and the RSS feeds
Transfermarkt's terms forbid bots, spiders and screen scraping, and an open robots.txt is no permission. What the site offers instead: free RSS news feeds.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for Yahoo Finance: the terms, the API terms and the paid download
Yahoo's terms forbid collecting data by robots, spiders or scrapers without its permission. Gold subscribers can download historical prices as a CSV file.
October 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Tutorial
How to Set Up a Proxy on Alpine Linux
How to make Alpine Linux use a proxy for apk, the terminal, doas and docker build, read from Alpine's own code: why apk needs HTTPS_PROXY, and why it ignores SOCKS5.
October 4, 2026 · 9 min read
Tutorial
How to Set Up a Proxy on openSUSE
openSUSE keeps its proxy in one file. How to fill /etc/sysconfig/proxy so logins, services and zypper all use it, on Tumbleweed, Leap 15 and Leap 16 without YaST.
October 4, 2026 · 7 min read
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