Proxy Check in python

Question

I have written a script in python that uses cookies and POST/GET. I also included proxy support in my script. However, when one enters a dead proxy, the script crashes. Is t

Answer 1

There is one nice package Grab So, if it ok for you, you can write something like this(simple valid proxy checker-generator):

from grab import Grab, GrabError

def get_valid_proxy(proxy_list): #format of items e.g. '128.2.198.188:3124'
    g = Grab()
    for proxy in proxy_list:
        g.setup(proxy=proxy, proxy_type='http', connect_timeout=5, timeout=5)
        try:
            g.go('google.com')
        except GrabError:
            #logging.info("Test error")
            pass
        else:
            yield proxy