Architeuthis/README.md

Architeuthis 🦑

NOTE: this is very WIP

HTTP(S) proxy with integrated load-balancing, rate-limiting and error handling. Built for automated web scraping.

• Strictly obeys configured rate-limiting for each IP & Host
• Seamless exponential backoff retries on timeout or error HTTP codes
• Requires no additional configuration for integration into existing programs

Typical use case

Sample configuration

{
  "addr": "localhost:5050",
  "timeout": "15s",
  "wait": "4s",
  "multiplier": 2.5,
  "retries": 3,
  "proxies": [
    {
      "name": "squid_P0",
      "url": "http://user:pass@p0.exemple.com:8080"
    },
    {
      "name": "privoxy_P1",
      "url": "http://p1.exemple.com:8080"
    }
  ],
  "hosts": {
    "*": {
      "every": "750ms",
      "burst": 5,
      "headers": {}
    },
    "reddit.com": {
      "every": "2s",
      "burst": 2,
      "headers": {"User-Agent":  "mybot_v0.1"}
    }
  }
}