GoProxyRotator

A high-performance proxy rotator and concurrent HTTP requester written in Go. Designed for professional use in web scraping, load testing, red teaming, and distributed automation tasks.

🚀 Features

• 🔁 Automatically fetch and rotate proxies from multiple sources
• 🌐 Support for HTTP/SOCKS proxies
• 🔄 Smart retry logic and proxy cooldown on 429/NGINX rate limit
• ⚡ Up to 50 (or configurable) concurrent HTTP requests
• 📉 Real-time request statistics and error monitoring
• 🧠 Intelligent proxy recycling
• ⚙️ Configurable request targets and headers
• 🧪 Easily extensible for testing or research automation

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🛠 Use Cases

1. Web Scraping at Scale (Data Engineering)

Use rotating proxies to scrape public data from websites while avoiding IP bans and rate limiting.

Example:

• Scraping job postings from multiple career websites
• Collecting real-time stock or product prices
• Aggregating user reviews or public records

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2. Load Testing / Stress Testing (DevOps/QA)

Simulate high volumes of user traffic from different IPs to test server resilience and rate-limiting rules.

Example:

• Testing a new NGINX rate limiter configuration
• Validating cloud API auto-scaling setups under load
• Evaluating CDN performance from different regions

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3. Red Teaming & Security Testing (Cybersecurity)

Mimic distributed attacker behavior by sending requests from multiple proxies to test WAFs, IP bans, and fraud detection.

Example:

• Simulate botnet behavior for pentesting
• Validate fraud-detection systems
• Check exposure to DDoS-style request patterns

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4. Geo-based Testing (QA / Localization Teams)

Access endpoints from various regions using rotating proxies to verify geolocation-based features or restrictions.

Example:

• Test how a website behaves in different countries
• Verify content delivery through geo-targeted CDNs
• Check region-based feature gating

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5. Academic / Journalistic Research

Maintain anonymity while performing automated data collection or media monitoring from restrictive regions.

Example:

• Monitoring news or propaganda changes in certain countries
• Researching how search engines show results based on IP origin
• Tracking disinformation campaigns using bot behavior simulation

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📦 Installation

git clone https://github.com/senaxor/go-proxy-rotator.git
cd go-proxy-rotator
go build -o go-proxy-rotator