Proxy replacement

Set of rules indicating which proxies to replace from and replace with in a proxy list.

The proxy replacement object

Parameters

Attributes	Type	Description
`id`	`number`	Unique identified of the proxy replacement instance.
`reason`	`string`	The reason proxies were replaced. You can view all reasons in the table below. Manually creating a replacement sets the reason as `proxy_replaced`.
`to_replace`	`dictionary`	Dictionary indicating which proxies to replace. Complete field definition can be found below.
`replace_with`	`list of dictionaries`	List of dictionaries indicating which proxies to replace with. Complete field definition can be found below.
`proxies_removed`	`number`	Number of proxies removed from the proxy list.
`proxies_added`	`number`	Number of proxies added to the proxy list.
`state`	`string`	The current state of the proxy replacement can be: `pending`, `processing`, `completed` and `failed`. If failed, show a generic error message (e.g. Webshare team is notified)
`dry_run`	`boolean`	You can dry-run a replacement to learn number of proxies removed/added prior to actually replacing the proxy list. `dry_run=True` does not modify the proxy list.
`created_at`	`string`	The timestamp of when this instance was created.
`completed_at`	`string`	The timestamp of when this instance state became `completed`. May be `null`.

Replacement reasons

Reason	Type	Description
`list_updated`	`string`	Proxy was removed/added due to change of subscription.
`proxy_replaced`	`string`	Proxy was replaced manually by the user.
`auto_invalidated`	`string`	Proxy was auto-replaced due to failing status checks for over 15 minutes. This automated action can be turned off via the Proxy Config API.
`auto_out_of_rotation`	`string`	Proxy was auto-replaced due to moving out of rotation by Webshare admins. This usually indicates that the proxy is not performing at 100%. This automated action can be turned off via the Proxy Config API.
`auto_low_country_confidence`	`string`	Proxy was auto-replaced due to country code change. This automated action can be turned off via the Proxy Config API.
`auto_deleted`	`string`	The proxy was deleted from the system. This is an automated action and cannot be turned off.

In JSON Format

replacement_object.json

{
    "id": 98315,
    "reason": "proxy_replaced",
    "to_replace": {"type": "ip_range", "ip_ranges": ["1.2.3.0/24"]},
    "replace_with": [{"type": "country", "country_code": "US"}],
    "dry_run": false,
    "state": "completed",
    "proxies_removed": 1,
    "proxies_added": 1,
    "created_at": "2022-07-26T21:25:13.966946-07:00",
    "completed_at": "2022-07-26T21:25:13.966946-07:00",
}

Replacement Definitions

There are 3 types of value for to_replace | replace_with fields. a replace_with may be a list of dictionaries/types as we may not have enough replacements from one country.

For example, if we want to replace 10 US proxies with 5 French and 5 Turkish, you can use the fields as follows:

## To Replace
to_replace: { type: "country", country_code: "US", count: 10 }
 
## Replace with
replace_with: [
    { type: "country", country_code: "FR", count: 5 },
    { type: "country", country_code: "TR", count: 5 }
]

Type: IP range

type=ip_range

Attributes	Type	Description
`type`	`string`	Set to `ip_range`. Indicates which proxy IP addresses to replace or replace with.
`ip_ranges`	`list`	List of IP ranges in CIDR notation, e.g. 10.0.0.0/8. Host bits may not be set. For example, 10.0.0.1/24 is invalid. However, 10.0.0.0/24 is valid.
`count`	`number`	Number of proxies to replace with.

Type: IP address

type=ip_address

Attributes	Type	Description
`type`	`string`	Set to `ip_address`. Indicates which proxy IP addresses to replace. Cannot be used with `replace_with` field.
`ip_addresses`	`list`	List of IP addresses (without the CIDR notation). For example ['1.0.0.1', '1.0.0.2'].
`count`	`number`	Number of proxies to replace.

Type: ASN

type=asn

Attributes	Type	Description
`type`	`string`	Set to `asn`. Indicates which proxy ASN number to replace.
`asn_numbers`	`list`	List of ASN numbers (strings). For example ['7631', '11964'].
`count`	`number`	Number of proxies to replace.

Type: Country

type=country

Attributes	Type	Description
`type`	`string`	Set to `country`. Indicates which proxy countries to replace or replace with.
`country_code`	`string`	Country code in ISO-3166 format.
`count`	`number`	Number of proxies to replace with.

Type: Any

type=any

Attributes	Type	Description
`type`	`string`	Set to `any`. Only used in the `replace_with` field.
`count`	`number`	Number of proxies to replace with.

Proxy Replacement List replacement