# Quickstart

> Copy your TrueProxies service endpoint and proxy password, send a first request with cURL, and verify the exit IP before increasing traffic.

Source: https://docs.trueproxies.com/getting-started/quickstart/

This guide gets one Residential IPv4 request working. Datacenter IPv6 has its own connection host for the city you bought; copy it from that service rather than adapting the example below.

## Prerequisites

- A TrueProxies account
- An active service, or the free trial

> **Tip**
>
> **No plan yet?** [Start trial](https://trueproxies.com/free-trial/) for the free trial, one hour of Residential IPv4 Unlimited at 10 Mbps, or pick a plan on the [pricing page](https://trueproxies.com/pricing/).

1. ### Get a plan or the free trial

   Choose a plan from [pricing](https://trueproxies.com/pricing/) or [start a trial](https://trueproxies.com/free-trial/). Checkout confirms the final terms.

2. ### Copy the issued connection details

   Open your service in the dashboard, then open **Username and password**. Copy your username and proxy password, and the **Connection host** and ports shown there: HTTP `8080`, HTTPS `8443`, and SOCKS5 `1080`. The host differs between products, so copy it rather than reusing one from another service.

   `YOUR_HOST`, `YOUR_HTTP_PORT` and `YOUR_SOCKS_PORT` in the examples below are placeholders for those values.

3. ### Make your first request

   **Residential IPv4**

   ```bash
   curl -x http://YOUR_HOST:YOUR_HTTP_PORT \
     -U "your_username:your_password" \
     https://httpbin.org/ip
   ```

   **Datacenter IPv6**

   Generate a `curl` line on the service’s **Endpoints** tab. Test that command against an IPv6-capable destination such as `https://api64.ipify.org`; an IPv4-only destination is not compatible with an IPv6-native exit.

   Replace every placeholder with the exact dashboard value. Do not construct a Datacenter IPv6 endpoint from a Residential IPv4 host.

4. ### Verify the response

   The returned IP should differ from your direct public IP and match the address family and placement assigned to the product. Test representative destinations before increasing concurrency.

> **Tip**
>
> Residential IPv4 targeting is written on the username (`your_username-country-us`). Unlimited supports country and city targeting and sticky sessions. GB-based additionally supports region and ASN. Both accept a caller-set session lifetime. See [How to connect](https://docs.trueproxies.com/proxy-instructions/how-to-connect/#options).

## Next steps

- [Connection details and username format](https://docs.trueproxies.com/proxy-instructions/how-to-connect/)
- [Understanding proxy protocols](https://docs.trueproxies.com/proxy-instructions/proxy-protocols/)
- [Add a trusted IP](https://docs.trueproxies.com/proxy-instructions/trusted-ips/)
- [Browse integrations](https://docs.trueproxies.com/integrations/python/)