Automatically pick a proxy

Many sites require proxies. Instead of manually choosing a tier for each domain, you can set proxy to auto.

The auto proxy parameter

Main endpoint requests (visit, crawl, extract, scrape) support:

{
  "proxy": "auto"
}

Example:

curl -X POST https://api.fetchfox.ai/api/crawl \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHFOX_API_KEY" \
-d '{
    "pattern":"https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/*",
    "proxy": "auto",
    "maxVisits": 50
}'

With auto, FetchFox uses domain-level history to balance reliability and cost. /api/agent uses automatic proxying by default.

What to expect

First request on a new domain can be slower while data is established.
Later requests on the same domain are usually faster and more stable.
If your job still struggles on a domain, switch to an explicit proxy tier.

If you need hard control over cost/behavior, use an explicit tier from Proxy basics.

​The auto proxy parameter

​What to expect

The auto proxy parameter

What to expect