Using your own HTTP proxy you can take any type of capture, such as a image or PDF screenshot, from anywhere in the world.
To use a proxy you must first provide its connection details. Just enter the proxy details in the wizard below and then press the Generate button to create a proxy address that can be used in GrabzIt's API's. If instead you want to take captures from a behind a local proxy then you need to follow these instructions.
Once you have generated the proxy address above, an example of using a HTTP proxy to create a capture will appear for every programming language we currently support below.
//The client should be stored somewhere and reused!
GrabzItClient grabzIt = new GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret", client);
ImageOptions options = new ImageOptions();
options.Proxy = "";
grabzIt.URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", options);
await grabzIt.SaveAsync("http://www.example.com/Home/Handler");
GrabzItClient grabzIt = new GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
ImageOptions options = new ImageOptions();
options.setProxy("");
grabzIt.URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", options);
grabzIt.Save("http://www.example.com/handler");
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@grabzit/js@3.5.2/grabzit.min.js"></script>
<script>
GrabzIt("Sign in to view your Application Key").ConvertURL("http://www.spacex.com",
{"onfinish": function (id){
alert(id);
},
"proxy":""}).Create();
</script>
var grabzit = require('grabzit');
var client = new grabzit("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
var options = {"proxy":""};
client.url_to_image("http://www.spacex.com", options);
client.save("http://www.example.com/handler", function (error, id){
if (error != null){
throw error;
}
});
$grabzIt = GrabzItClient->new("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
$options = GrabzItImageOptions->new();
$options->proxy("");
$grabzIt->URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", $options);
$grabzIt->Save("http://www.example.com/handler.pl");
$grabzIt = new \GrabzIt\GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
$options = new \GrabzIt\GrabzItImageOptions();
$options->setProxy("");
$grabzIt->URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", $options);
$grabzIt->Save("http://www.example.com/handler.php");
grabzIt = GrabzItClient.GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret")
options = GrabzItImageOptions.GrabzItImageOptions()
options.proxy = ""
grabzIt.URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", options)
grabzIt.Save("http://www.example.com/handler.py")
https://api.grabz.it/convert?key=Sign in to view your Application Key&proxy=&format=jpg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fspacex.com%2F
grabzIt = GrabzIt::Client.new("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret")
options = GrabzIt::ImageOptions.new()
options.proxy = ""
grabzIt.url_to_image("http://www.spacex.com", options)
grabzItClient.save("http://www.example.com/handler/index")
Sometimes websites will block one of our IP addresses especially if you request many captures of the website. To get around this you can use GrabzIt’s proxy servers. This will call the target website through one of our bank of proxy servers for the country the capture is being created in.
To do this just pass grabzit:// to the proxy parameter and set the country parameter if you want to restrict the country to a particular location, as shown below.
//The client should be stored somewhere and reused!
GrabzItClient grabzIt = new GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret", client);
ImageOptions options = new ImageOptions();
options.Proxy = "grabzit://";
grabzIt.URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", options);
await grabzIt.SaveAsync("http://www.example.com/Home/Handler");
GrabzItClient grabzIt = new GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
ImageOptions options = new ImageOptions();
options.setProxy("grabzit://");
grabzIt.URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", options);
grabzIt.Save("http://www.example.com/handler");
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@grabzit/js@3.5.2/grabzit.min.js"></script>
<script>
GrabzIt("Sign in to view your Application Key").ConvertURL("http://www.spacex.com",
{"onfinish": function (id){
alert(id);
},
"proxy":"grabzit://"}).Create();
</script>
var grabzit = require('grabzit');
var client = new grabzit("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
var options = {"proxy":"grabzit://"};
client.url_to_image("http://www.spacex.com", options);
client.save("http://www.example.com/handler", function (error, id){
if (error != null){
throw error;
}
});
$grabzIt = GrabzItClient->new("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
$options = GrabzItImageOptions->new();
$options->proxy("grabzit://");
$grabzIt->URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", $options);
$grabzIt->Save("http://www.example.com/handler.pl");
$grabzIt = new \GrabzIt\GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret");
$options = new \GrabzIt\GrabzItImageOptions();
$options->setProxy("grabzit://");
$grabzIt->URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", $options);
$grabzIt->Save("http://www.example.com/handler.php");
grabzIt = GrabzItClient.GrabzItClient("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret")
options = GrabzItImageOptions.GrabzItImageOptions()
options.proxy = "grabzit://"
grabzIt.URLToImage("http://www.spacex.com", options)
grabzIt.Save("http://www.example.com/handler.py")
https://api.grabz.it/convert?key=Sign in to view your Application Key&proxy=grabzit%3A%2F%2F&format=jpg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fspacex.com%2F
grabzIt = GrabzIt::Client.new("Sign in to view your Application Key", "Sign in to view your Application Secret")
options = GrabzIt::ImageOptions.new()
options.proxy = "grabzit://"
grabzIt.url_to_image("http://www.spacex.com", options)
grabzItClient.save("http://www.example.com/handler/index")
It is important to remember that using proxies will slow down the time it takes to create captures as it introduces extra network hops.