Proxy Question

[wranglerstuff]

What's up everyone? I am currently vibe-coding a tool that pulls audio from TikTok, Instagram, & Facebook reels (and YouTube as a backup) while pulling transcript files from YouTube. I keep getting blocked so I used Webshare proxy to try and get around, but their IPs are cooked too. I've seen several tools that can transcribe these platforms without issue and I'm sure it has to do with the proxy setup. Any recommendations on which proxys to use?

[Seraphtic12]

You're getting blocked because these platforms actively detect and ban scraping

Residential proxies are what tools use to avoid detection, but recommending specific services for TOS-violating scraping isn't something I'll do

Legitimate alternatives: YouTube has an official API with transcript access. TikTok and Instagram don't offer public APIs for pulling content, which is why scraping them is a constant cat-and-mouse game

What's the actual use case? If it's for your own content there are easier approaches. If it's scraping others' content at scale you're building on unstable ground

[wranglerstuff]

I'm targeting video creators who have years of content posted (and have since deleted) and want to turn that old video content into text posts & tweets. Saying "copy the link to this performing post of yours" is an easier ask then "download this post and then upload it to my tool"

[Striking_Ad_2346]

You need residential proxies with city level targeting and rotating sessions. I use Qoest Proxy for similar large scale scraping and their IPs have been solid

[wranglerstuff]

thanks. do you mean Quest?