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Topic Ruby
Tutorial
Ruby web scraping: HTTParty, Nokogiri and Ferrum, tested
How to scrape websites with Ruby: HTTParty and Nokogiri for pages, threads for many pages, Ferrum for JavaScript, and the defaults we measured on Ruby 4.0.
October 12, 2026 · 14 min read
Use case
Proxies for Huginn: the general setting beats the specific one
Huginn has an instance proxy, an opt-in proxy and a per-agent proxy. The instance one wins, and it stops an agent even saving its own.
September 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
How to Use Proxies With Ruby (Net::HTTP and Faraday)
Net::HTTP's proxy arguments from p_addr to p_pass in every Ruby release since 2.3, the http_proxy default, Faraday, HTTParty, Mechanize and SOCKS5.
July 17, 2026 · 15 min read
Proxies that don't die mid-job
Residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile, verified by the same engine that runs tens of millions of checks. They read as a real device and hold up under load. Pay as you go, and your balance never expires. $0.44/GB is the 2,000 GB+ rate; a single gigabyte is $0.50/GB, with no minimum order.
129M+ proxy checks run · 100+ countries · HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS · re-checked every few minutes · no signup
HProxy.
Honest guides and comparisons on proxies, scraping and staying unblocked, from the team that runs the network.