How to Use Static Residential Proxies: A Step-by-Step Guide

Select the country or state that matches your authorized workload. Static residential proxies are intended to keep the same exit identity for a longer period; MIYAIP currently presents 30-, 60-, and 360-day cycles. Confirm live inventory, final price, and expiry in the dashboard before buying.

Open the purchased static-proxy list and copy the protocol, host, port, username, and password. If the dashboard exports one colon-separated line, interpret it in this order:

PROXY_HOST:PROXY_PORT:PROXY_USER:PROXY_PASSWORD

Keep the value private. If the password contains characters such as @ or :, prefer a client with separate credential fields or follow that client's escaping rules.

Create a new browser profile or environment, select the protocol shown in the dashboard, and enter host, port, username, and password into their matching fields. MIYAIP's desktop example uses SOCKS5 in a fingerprint-browser profile and recommends running the built-in proxy check before opening the environment.

If your local network requires a relay gateway, select the provider-recommended gateway. Disable other system-wide proxy or VPN tools while testing so routes do not conflict.

Test an HTTP proxy with separate proxy authentication fields:

curl --proxy "http://PROXY_HOST:PROXY_PORT" \
  --proxy-user "PROXY_USER:PROXY_PASSWORD" \
  https://api.ipify.org

For SOCKS5 with target hostname resolution through the proxy:

curl --proxy "socks5h://PROXY_HOST:PROXY_PORT" \
  --proxy-user "PROXY_USER:PROXY_PASSWORD" \
  https://api.ipify.org

On Windows, use curl.exe if PowerShell maps curl to another command. Do not leave real credentials in terminal history on a shared computer.

Store credentials in environment variables and pass the proxy URL to requests:

import os
import requests
from urllib.parse import quote

user = quote(os.environ["PROXY_USER"], safe="")
password = quote(os.environ["PROXY_PASSWORD"], safe="")
host = os.environ["PROXY_HOST"]
port = os.environ["PROXY_PORT"]

proxy_url = f"http://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}"
proxies = {"http": proxy_url, "https": proxy_url}

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.ipify.org?format=json",
    proxies=proxies,
    timeout=20,
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

For SOCKS5 in Python, use a library build that supports SOCKS and follow its documented proxy URL format.

Compare the returned exit IP with the purchased proxy record, then verify the country or state using an approved IP-check service. Repeat the check from the same profile after reconnecting: the assigned exit IP should remain stable during the active subscription unless the provider replaces or refreshes it.

Do not judge success only by a page loading. Also confirm the expected IP, protocol, DNS behavior, and target-site permissions.

If the proxy stops working, confirm that it has not expired; recheck protocol, host, port, credentials, and field order; rerun the client test or curl command; disable conflicting VPN or forwarding rules; and try the provider-recommended gateway.

A 407 Proxy Authentication Required response usually points to credentials or an IP allowlist. Contact support with a timestamp and sanitized error message, never the full password. MIYAIP notes that expired proxies stop working and that a long-expired IP may be better replaced than renewed.