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title: Running Selenium Tests from behind a proxy
description: How to run Selenium tests from behind a HTTP proxy.
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  md: https://testingbot.com/support/web-automate/selenium/proxy/index.md
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# Run tests from behind a proxy

If the machine you are using to run tests is behind a proxy, chances are that you won't be able to connect to TestingBot's grid.   
 In this case, you can instruct Selenium to go through your proxy. See the example below.

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    // For HTTP
    System.getProperties().put("http.proxyHost", "proxy.example.com");
    System.getProperties().put("http.proxyPort", "8080");
    System.getProperties().put("http.proxyUser", "username");
    System.getProperties().put("http.proxyPassword", "password");
    
    // For HTTPS
    System.getProperties().put("https.proxyHost", "proxy.example.com");
    System.getProperties().put("https.proxyPort", "8080");
    System.getProperties().put("https.proxyUser", "username");
    System.getProperties().put("https.proxyPassword", "password");

    import os
    
    # Set proxy environment variables before creating the driver
    os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = 'http://proxy.example.com:8080'
    os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = 'http://proxy.example.com:8080'
    
    # Or with authentication
    os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = 'http://username:password@proxy.example.com:8080'
    os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = 'http://username:password@proxy.example.com:8080'

    const { Builder } = require('selenium-webdriver');
    const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
    
    const proxyAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent('http://proxy.example.com:8080');
    
    const driver = new Builder()
      .usingHttpAgent(proxyAgent)
      .usingServer('https://hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub')
      .withCapabilities(capabilities)
      .build();

    # Set proxy environment variables
    ENV['http_proxy'] = 'http://proxy.example.com:8080'
    ENV['https_proxy'] = 'http://proxy.example.com:8080'
    
    # Or with authentication
    ENV['http_proxy'] = 'http://username:password@proxy.example.com:8080'
    ENV['https_proxy'] = 'http://username:password@proxy.example.com:8080'

    $proxyHost = 'proxy.example.com';
    $proxyPort = 8080;
    
    $driver = RemoteWebDriver::create(
        'https://hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub',
        $caps,
        120000, // connection timeout
        120000, // request timeout
        $proxyHost,
        $proxyPort
    );

    var proxy = new WebProxy("proxy.example.com", 8080);
    var commandExecutor = new HttpCommandExecutor(
        new Uri("https://hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub"),
        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)
    );
    commandExecutor.Proxy = proxy;
    
    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.PlatformName = "WIN11";
    options.BrowserVersion = "latest";
    
    var tbOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>
    {
        ["key"] = "API_KEY",
        ["secret"] = "API_SECRET"
    };
    options.AddAdditionalOption("tb:options", tbOptions);
    
    IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(commandExecutor, options);

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