IP Rotation

What is IP Rotation?

IP rotation is the practice of automatically switching between multiple IP addresses when making HTTP requests. Instead of hitting a website from the same IP repeatedly (which screams “bot!”), you distribute requests across a pool of IPs, mimicking natural traffic patterns from different users.

IP rotation is the art of distributing requests across multiple IP addresses. Keep your scraping invisible and your target oblivious. The goal? Fly under the radar by making your traffic look like it comes from diverse, legitimate users.

Rotation Strategies That Actually Work

1. Round-Robin (Simple)

# Cycle through IPs sequentially
for i, ip in enumerate(proxy_pool):
    request(proxies={'http': ip, 'https': ip})

2. Weighted Random (Smarter)

# Higher-quality IPs get more requests
weighted_choice(ips, weights=[0.6, 0.3, 0.1])

3. Geographic Match (Best for Local Results)

# Use IPs matching target site's region
geo_proxies = get_proxies(country='IN')

Rotation Best Practices

Golden rule: Don’t rotate so fast that you create obviously fake traffic patterns. Natural users don’t visit 10 pages per second from 10 different countries. Match your rotation to realistic user behavior, and you’ll stay blocked less.