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Bright Data¶

Bright Data (formerly Luminati) provides the largest proxy network with 72M+ residential IPs.

Quick Start¶

from sentimatrix import Sentimatrix
from sentimatrix.config import SentimatrixConfig, ScraperConfig, ProxyConfig

config = SentimatrixConfig(
    scrapers=ScraperConfig(
        provider="brightdata",
        proxy=ProxyConfig(
            enabled=True,
            provider="brightdata",
            username="user",
            password="pass"
        )
    )
)

async with Sentimatrix(config) as sm:
    reviews = await sm.scrape_reviews(url, platform="amazon")

Setup¶

export BRIGHTDATA_USERNAME="your-username"
export BRIGHTDATA_PASSWORD="your-password"
export BRIGHTDATA_ZONE="your-zone"

Configuration¶

ScraperConfig(
    provider="brightdata",
    proxy=ProxyConfig(
        enabled=True,
        provider="brightdata",
        country="us",           # Target country
        rotation=True,          # IP rotation
    )
)

Features¶

72M+ IPs: Largest proxy network
Residential IPs: Real user IPs
Datacenter IPs: Fast & cheap
Mobile IPs: Mobile carriers
ISP Proxies: Static residential

Proxy Types¶

Type	Use Case	Speed	Price
Datacenter	APIs, basic sites	Fastest	Cheapest
Residential	Anti-bot sites	Fast	Medium
ISP	Sticky sessions	Fast	Higher
Mobile	Mobile-specific	Medium	Highest

Pricing¶

Pay per GB of data transferred:

Type	Price/GB
Datacenter	$0.50
Residential	$8-15
ISP	$12-20
Mobile	$20-40

Best For¶

Geo-restricted content
Heavy anti-bot sites
Large-scale operations
Sticky sessions needed

Example: Global Scraping¶

config = SentimatrixConfig(
    scrapers=ScraperConfig(
        provider="brightdata",
        proxy=ProxyConfig(
            enabled=True,
            provider="brightdata",
            country="uk"  # Target UK
        )
    )
)

async with Sentimatrix(config) as sm:
    # Scrape UK Amazon
    reviews = await sm.scrape_reviews(
        "https://amazon.co.uk/product/...",
        platform="amazon"
    )