You may run into the issues below where you want to change your IP to different countries/regions in Octoparse.
Unable to open the target website because it has set IP limitations for certain countries/regions. For example, some Japanese websites can only be opened with a Japanese IP.
The target website is very sensitive to web scraping and implements anti-scraping strategies such as IP blocking to stop scraping activities.
Octoparse now offers different IP pools from the US, UK, DE, JP, AU, FR, and CN. After choosing one pool, this task will be run with the IPs you select accordingly.
Default is the most used choice if you don't have special requirements and can reach your target website successfully. Generally, the default IPs are US IP addresses. For users in Japan, default IPs will be Japanese IP addresses (If our support team has changed your IP pool before, you can confirm with them which IP group is your default now.)
How to Switch IP pool for one task
STEP 1: Go to Task Settings
STEP 2: Go to Run Settings, find the Public IP Pool, and switch to your preferred IP group from the dropdown list
STEP 3: Click Save
Note: Public IP Pool only works for Cloud runs. If you would like to set up your own IP proxies for cloud or local runs, please check out this tutorial - Set up IP proxy.
If the IP pools do not include the country you want, you can use Octoparse proxies to select a specific country:
