# Settings - Proxy

## What is a Proxy Server?

A server that users pass through when accessing a website. Proxy servers are typically configured to hide the visitor's IP address.

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### Why hide IP addresses?

Because the site you're trying to access can impose various restrictions based on IP address. Here are common situations:

* Sites that restrict access to specific countries only
* Sites that limit the number of accesses within a certain time period
* Sites that block specific IP addresses with bad records

### When do you use a proxy server?

When extracting data from websites that are difficult to access domestically, setting the proxy country to a different country makes it easy to get the desired results from previously inaccessible web pages.

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Listly premium proxies are proxy servers purchased through ethically operated overseas proxy services. They're shared servers used by all users, currently providing servers from multiple countries including the US/Germany/Netherlands, and countries may change.
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## How to Use &#x20;

### Example — US site inaccessible from Korea

The URL below is a US online food delivery site that's inaccessible from Korea, but you can access and extract data from it by configuring a proxy server.

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**Super simple guide**

➡️ Extract data ➡️ Go to DATABOARD ➡️ Click settings icon ➡️ Change proxy country ➡️ Save ➡️ Re-extract
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### Access the example page and click the WHOLE extraction button

US site inaccessible from Korea (example):\
<https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/uno-chicago-grill-29-e-ohio-st-chicago/322>

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When you extract a page accessed from Korea, only the failed access page content gets extracted.

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### DATABOARD → Click settings icon → Change Listly premium proxy country to another country

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### Click the re-extract icon in Databoard to re-extract data

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For those curious about what the original page looks like, here it is. When accessed using a free VPN (US), it shows restaurant menus and recommended nearby menus as shown below.

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### Other proxy configuration methods

* My Proxy\
  Upon request to the LISTLY team, we can purchase a private proxy server for your exclusive use (not shared) and configure it like Listly premium proxy. Proxy server country, quantity, etc. can be discussed and determined, with costs billed separately.

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