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Description

Shifter is an affordable residential proxy network designed for gathering public web data, offering a cost-effective alternative to larger providers since its inception in 2012. Recent benchmarks indicate that Shifter outperforms leading residential proxy services, utilizing a consistent testing method across competitors. With pricing that is less than half of what many rivals charge per GB, Shifter boasts a comparable or even larger pool of IP addresses and significantly reduced latencies, often exceeding a 50% improvement. The expansive network encompasses over 205 million residential IPs spanning more than 195 countries, accessible via a single gateway endpoint for HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS5. Users can target specific countries, states, cities, and ASNs by adjusting the proxy username, while session management allows for rotation with each request or fixation on a single IP for a predetermined duration, all with unlimited concurrency and billing based on GB usage. The platform features a comprehensive dashboard that provides real-time insights into bandwidth and requests, alongside collaborative team workspaces, a usage API, and extensive guides for programming languages and frameworks such as Python, Node.js, Go, PHP, Selenium, Playwright, and Puppeteer, ensuring a user-friendly experience for developers.

Description

Unirest is a collection of lightweight HTTP libraries developed and supported by Kong, the same entity that oversees the open-source API Gateway known as Kong. To get started with Unirest in a Node.js environment, you need to install the npm package. You might be curious about how Unirest simplifies the process of making requests. In addition to automatically handling gzip compression and parsing responses, Unirest offers straightforward examples to illustrate its functionality. A request can be initiated by calling the relevant method on the Unirest object, followed by the .end() function to dispatch the request. Alternatively, you can directly send the request by providing a callback alongside the URL. The library provides user-friendly methods that allow for manipulation of the request before it is dispatched. When a Unirest method is called, a request object is generated, which includes chainable methods similar to those found in libraries like jQuery and the widely-used Superagent request module, which serves as a partial model for this library. With these features, developers can enjoy a more efficient and intuitive experience when working with HTTP requests.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

jQuery No 

Integrations

jQuery Yes 

Pricing Details

$10/month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

Free
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Shifter

Founded

2012

Country

Hong Kong

Website

shifter.io

Vendor Details

Company Name

Kong

Website

www.npmjs.com/package/unirest

Product Features

Proxy Servers

Anonymous No 
Automatic IP Rotation No 
Data Center Proxies No 
Geo-Targeting No 
Mobile Proxies No 
Reporting / Analytics No 
Residential Proxies No 
SSL No 
Whitelisted IPs No 

Product Features

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