Random Proxy Selection with urllib3

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Code introduction


This function uses the urllib3 ProxyManager class to manage proxies and randomly selects one from the available proxies to return.


Technology Stack : urllib3, ProxyManager

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate


                
                    
import urllib3
from urllib3.util import make_headers

def get_random_proxy():
    """
    This function returns a random proxy from the available proxies.
    """
    proxy_pool = urllib3.ProxyManager('http://example.com:8080')
    proxy = proxy_pool.random_proxy()
    return proxy.host