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How to Use Proxies with curl

16 Mar 2026 · 903 views
Using Inside Proxy proxies from the command line with curl.

BASIC HTTP REQUEST
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.insideproxy.net:8080 https://httpbin.org/ip

HTTPS REQUEST
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.insideproxy.net:8080 https://httpbin.org/ip

SOCKS5
curl --socks5 USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.insideproxy.net:8080 https://httpbin.org/ip

TEST YOUR IP
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.insideproxy.net:8080 https://api.ipify.org

Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your actual credentials from Dashboard → My Plans.