How to Set Up Bright Data With ParseHub

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What is ParseHub?

ParseHub stands out as a user-friendly, powerful web scraping tool that revolutionizes data extraction from the web. Its intuitive design allows users to effortlessly interact with complex sites, manage AJAX and JavaScript elements, and navigate through forms and infinite scrolls, all without writing a single line of code. By integrating Bright Data proxies with ParseHub, users gain an unmatched advantage, seamlessly handling even the most challenging data extraction tasks with ease. This combination ensures not only efficient data scraping but also a high level of privacy and security, making it an ideal solution for professionals seeking comprehensive data collection capabilities.

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Bright Data Proxies: Empowering Your ParseHub Experience

Integrating Bright Data proxies with ParseHub transforms your web scraping capabilities, bringing a new level of efficiency and reliability to your data extraction tasks. Here’s why Bright Data’s proxy solutions are an ideal match for ParseHub’s powerful scraping features:

Extensive Proxy Network

• Global Reach: Access over 72 million IPs across various locations, ensuring you can scrape data from any geographic region.
• Diverse Proxy Types: Choose from residential, datacenter, static residential, and mobile proxies to fit the specific needs of your scraping projects.

Enhanced Anonymity and Security

• Robust Privacy: Protect your scraping activities from detection and blocking, maintaining the anonymity of your operations.
• Secure Data Collection: Confidently scrape sensitive data with the assurance of Bright Data’s advanced security measures.

High Performance and Reliability

• Speed and Efficiency: Experience fast and efficient data extraction, even from complex, JavaScript-heavy websites.
• Reliable Connectivity: Minimize disruptions and maintain consistent performance with Bright Data’s stable proxy infrastructure.

Versatile and Scalable Solutions

• Adaptable to Various Use Cases: Whether for market research, web scraping, SEO analysis, or competitive intelligence, Bright Data’s proxies are versatile enough to handle diverse scraping scenarios.
• Scalability: Effortlessly scale your scraping operations to handle large volumes of data without compromising on speed or accuracy.

User-Friendly Integration

• Simple Setup: Easily integrate Bright Data proxies with ParseHub, regardless of your technical expertise.
• Comprehensive Support: Benefit from Bright Data’s extensive documentation and customer support for a smooth integration process.

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How to integrate ParseHub proxies:

Step 1. Sign up to Bright Data:

1. After signing up, go to the Bright Data dashboard
2. Navigate to the “Proxy & Scraping Infrastructure” section
3. Add a new designated Zone for your proxy usage.

Step 2. Select proxy type:

In this example, we will show how to set up ISP proxies.

Step 3. Name proxy solution:

Step 4. Select IP count:

Fill in the number of IPs you need.

Step 5. Country & city selection:

Choose your desired country and city for the IP location.

Step 6. Choose domain:

Use specific domains or use ‘All domains’ for one IP to target websites using the same IP.

Step 7. Add zone:

Click the “Add” button to create the Zone.

Step 8. Access parameters:

Click on the name of your Zone, navigate to the “Access Parameters” tab, and note down the proxy credentials:

1. host: brd.superproxy.io
2. port: 33335
3. username: your-zone-username
4. password: your-zone-password

Step 9. Download and Install ParseHub:

• Visit the official website of ParseHub, download, and install the ParseHub application suitable for your operating system.
• Launch ParseHub and either create a new account or log into your existing account.

Step 10. Create a New Project:

Click on the “+ New Project” button from the ParseHub home screen.

Step 11. Start a New Project with a URL:

Insert a URL from which you wish to scrape data (for example, instagram.com) and press “Start project on this URL”.

Step 12. Navigate to Proxy Configuration in ParseHub:

Switch to the Browser mode, slider turns green to indicate browsing mode.

Step 13. Settings:

Open the settings located at the top-right side of the Browser interface and click on “options”.

Step 14. Access Advanced Network Settings:

Select the “Advanced” tab.

Step 15. Click on the “Network” tab:

Under “Connection” choose “Settings”.

Step 16. Configure Manual Proxy Settings:

In the network settings, select “Manual proxy configuration”.

Step 17. Proxy settings:

Under HTTP Proxy field enter the Bright Data proxy URL brd.superproxy.io and port as 33335.

Step 18. Switch to SOCKS v4 and click ok

After you switched to the SOCKS v4, click the ‘OK’ button.

Step 19. Proxy zone credentials:

Insert your proxy zone’s credentials , they can be found on your proxy zone’s access parameters.

Step 20. Format Proxy Configuration:

• Format your proxy details as IPAddress:Port:Username:Password:Realm.
• In case of Bright Data Proxies it will be:
  brd.superproxy.io:33335:brd-customer-hl_******-zone-isp\_proxy6:b1s*****:Luminati

Apply Configured Proxy to ParseHub Project:

• Navigate to your project settings in ParseHub.

Step 21. Enable Custom Proxies:

Check “Rotate IP Addresses” to enable the “Custom Proxy” text box.

Step 22. Custom proxies field:

Paste your formatted proxy into the “Custom Proxies” field. For multiple proxies, list each one on a separate line.

Step 23. Save your project settings:
After saving, run it with your Bright Data Proxies.