Proxy requests from a free list at https://api.proxyscrape.com

proxy.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import json
import requests
from pathlib import Path
from requests.exceptions import RequestException
from urllib.parse import urlencode


def get_my_ip():
    response = requests.get('http://httpbin.org/ip')
    return response.json()['origin']


def get_proxy():
    base_url = 'https://api.proxyscrape.com/v4/free-proxy-list/get'
    params = {
        'request': 'display_proxies',
        'country': 'us',
        'protocol': 'http',
        'proxy_format': 'ipport',
        'format': 'json',
        'timeout': 420
    }
    url = f"{base_url}?{urlencode(params)}"
    raw = requests.get(url)
    proxy_data = json.loads(raw.content)
    return sorted(proxy_data['proxies'],
                 key=lambda x: (
                     {'elite': 0, 'anonymous': 1, 'transparent': 2}.get(x['anonymity'], 3),
                     x['timeout']
                 ))


def send_request():
    original_ip = get_my_ip()
    print(f"{'Original IP:':<20} {original_ip}")

    sorted_proxies = get_proxy()
    proxy_ips = {proxy['ip'] for proxy in sorted_proxies}

    for proxy in sorted_proxies:
        proxy_entry = proxy['proxy']
        proxies = {
            'http': f'http://{proxy_entry}',
            'https': f'https://{proxy_entry}'
        }

        try:
            response = requests.get(
                url="http://httpbin.org/ip",
                proxies=proxies,
                verify=False,
                timeout=10
            )

            if response.status_code == 200:
                proxied_ip = response.json()['origin'].split(',')[0].strip()
                print(f"{'Proxied IP:':<20} {proxied_ip}")
                if proxied_ip in proxy_ips and proxied_ip != original_ip:
                    print(f"{'Proxy verification:':<20} Success")
                    return
                else:
                    print(f"{'Proxy verification:':<20} Failed")

        except (RequestException, ValueError):
            continue

    print("No working proxies found")


send_request()

Original IP:         <SNIP>
Proxied IP:          147.182.180.242
Proxy verification:  Success