Unable to change city using proxy settings in ChromeDriver with Selenium

Question

I am trying to change cities by setting the proxy using Selenium in Python:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

proxy = '198.49.68.80:80'

options = Options()
options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % proxy)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.iplocation.net/")

However, the webpage is still displaying my home town. I have taken proxies from this free proxy list.

I have tried adding this before driver.get():

driver.delete_all_cookies()

And also adding the following options:

options.add_argument('–ignore-ssl-errors=yes')
options.add_argument('–ignore-certificate-errors')

Any ideas much appreciated.

Answer 1

Once you add the argument:

options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % proxy)

You need to pass the options object as an argument while initiating the ChromeDriver / google-chrome combo as follows:

• Using selenium3:

  driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)
  

• Using selenium4:

  from selenium import webdriver
  from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
  from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
  
  options = Options()
  options.add_argument('--proxy-server=%s' % proxy)
  s = Service('C:\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe')
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=options)
  driver.get('https://www.iplocation.net/')
  

• Observation: Using a free Proxy from the Free Proxy List being located in APAC region I was identified at New Mexico