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Connect to Soxway proxies and control geo-targeting and rotation via username suffixes

All geo-targeting and rotation settings are encoded directly in the username by appending special suffixes. The password and host/port never change — only the username changes.

Hostv1.soxway.io
HTTP / HTTPS port5000 (HTTP proxy, also tunnels HTTPS via CONNECT)
SOCKS5 port1080
Usernameyour_username (+ optional suffixes, see below)
Passwordyour_password (unchanged, always)

HTTPS traffic does not need a separate port: point your client at the HTTP proxy on 5000 and it will negotiate TLS end-to-end over the CONNECT tunnel. The proxy never sees your plaintext.

Connection formats

# HTTP
http://your_username:[email protected]:5000

# HTTPS (same URL — TLS is negotiated after CONNECT)
http://your_username:[email protected]:5000

# SOCKS5
socks5://your_username:[email protected]:1080

curl

# HTTP
curl -x http://your_username:[email protected]:5000 https://ipinfo.io

# SOCKS5
curl --socks5 v1.soxway.io:1080 -U your_username:your_password https://ipinfo.io

Python (requests)

import requests

proxies = {
    "http":  "http://your_username:[email protected]:5000",
    "https": "http://your_username:[email protected]:5000",
}

r = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", proxies=proxies)
print(r.json())

Node.js (axios)

import axios from 'axios';
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';

const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(
    'http://your_username:[email protected]:5000'
);

const res = await axios.get('https://ipinfo.io/json', { httpsAgent: agent });
console.log(res.data);

Geo targeting (username suffixes)

Append suffixes to the username to target a location. Suffixes can be combined in any order, but the recommended order is geo → session → ttl.

SuffixDescriptionExample
_country-XXCountry, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (case-insensitive)_country-US
_region-NameRegion / state_region-bavaria
_city-NameCity_city-london
_isp-NameISP / carrier_isp-vodafone

Multi-word values: use a dash - in place of a space — e.g. _city-new-york. The gateway normalises this to whatever the pool expects.

# US only — rotation
socks5://your_username_country-US:[email protected]:1080

# Germany + Bavaria region
http://your_username_country-DE_region-bavaria:[email protected]:5000

# UK + London city
http://your_username_country-GB_city-london:[email protected]:5000

Geo support depends on the proxy type — not every suffix works for every pool. See the support matrix below before relying on _region-, _city-, or _isp-.

Rotation modes

Rotation (default)

New IP on every request. Maximum anonymity, best for scraping. No suffix.

socks5://your_username_country-GB:[email protected]:1080

Stable — _s-SessionID

One IP is held as long as the pool allows. The same Session ID always maps to the same IP.

socks5://your_username_country-GB_s-mySessionId:[email protected]:1080

Sticky — _s-SessionID + _ttl-Nm

The IP is held for N minutes, then rotated. Different Session IDs give different IPs.

# same IP for 30 min, then rotate
socks5://your_username_country-GB_s-ee2323b3_ttl-30m:[email protected]:1080

# different ID → different IP
socks5://your_username_country-GB_s-ee2323b4_ttl-30m:[email protected]:1080

# all parameters together
socks5://your_username_country-GB_region-england_city-london_s-abc123_ttl-60m:[email protected]:1080

_ttl- accepts minutes (_ttl-30m) or hours (_ttl-2h). _ttl- may also be used without _s-, in which case the gateway auto-generates a session and the mode becomes sticky.

TTL caps differ by proxy type (see matrix). For example, Residential caps sticky lifetime at 120 minutes — a longer _ttl- is silently clamped to 120m.

Full username suffix reference

{token}[_country-XX][_region-Name][_city-Name][_isp-Name][_s-SessionID][_ttl-Nm]
SuffixValuesNotes
_country-XXISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (US, DE, GB…)Case-insensitive
_region-NameRegion / state nameSpaces as -
_city-NameCity nameSpaces as -
_isp-NameISP / carrier nameSpaces as -
_s-SessionIDAny alphanumeric stringStable: same ID → same IP, held as long as possible
_ttl-Nm / _ttl-Nhe.g. _ttl-30m, _ttl-2hSticky: hold IP for N min/hours, then rotate
  • Geo suffixes first, then _s- session, then _ttl- for sticky.
  • _s-SessionID enables stable mode; add _ttl-Nm for sticky (time-limited).
  • Different Session IDs always produce different IPs.
  • The entire string is the proxy username; the password is unchanged.

Geo support by proxy type

Suffixes are always accepted by the gateway, but what each pool honours varies. Unsupported suffixes are silently ignored.

Suffix / modeResidentialResidential PremiumMobileDatacenter4G Mobile
_country-🔒 fixed
_region-🔒 fixed
_city-🔒 fixed
_isp-🔒 fixed
_s- (stable)🔄 API
_ttl- (sticky)✅ (≤120m)✅ (def. 10m)✅ (def. 10m)🔄 API

Legend

  • ✅ supported — ❌ ignored by this pool.
  • 🔒 fixed — 4G Mobile location is bound at purchase time; geo suffixes do not change it.
  • 🔄 API — 4G Mobile rotation is controlled via the API, not via username suffixes.
  • ≤120m — sticky lifetime is capped at 120 minutes; longer values clamp down.
  • def. Nm — if you set _s- without _ttl-, a default sticky lifetime applies.

Datacenter pools support only _country- + session pinning — no region/city/ISP and no custom TTL. If you need fine geo or long-lived sticky sessions, use a Residential pool.

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