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What is username/password authentication and how does it work?

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Written by Ann
Updated over 5 months ago

Your IPRoyal username and password are used to confirm it’s you who’s trying to access the proxies. Here’s how you can access these details for different products:

Residential proxies

We use the username you provide when you create your account. The password changes depending on your proxy settings.

For example, let’s say your password is “password”. If you want to use randomized IPs from any location, your password would be “password”.

If you want to use high-end IPs from Berlin, Germany, with a session duration of two hours, your password will be “password_country-de_city-berlin_session-(sessionID)_lifetime-2h_streaming-1”.

Mobile proxies

Mobile proxies come with a set username and password that can’t be changed. To find it:

  1. Click on the confirmed order (1) you need

  2. Find your password (2) in the Proxy access section.

Other proxy types

ISP and Datacenter proxies allow you to set a custom username and password. To do that:

  1. Click on the confirmed order (1) you need.

  2. Scroll down to the Change proxies credentials section.

  3. Select a particular IP address (2).

  4. Type in the new username and password (3).

  5. Click the Change credentials (4) button.

Once you get your credentials from the dashboard, you can use them in your tools (web scrapers, operating system settings, browser plugins, sneaker bots, etc.) for authentication. Here’s an example:

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