# Requests do not get proxied

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/requests-do-not-get-proxied/38314>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** proxy, postmanproxy\
**Created:** [August 18, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/requests-do-not-get-proxied/38314 "2022-08-18T19:28:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/requests-do-not-get-proxied/38314/1 "2022-08-18T19:28:18Z")

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Hi, first post here.

Long-time postman user but never proxied. Today I had the need to test a proxy.

I set in settings | proxy | proxy configuration for sending requests:

- Use the system proxy = OFF
- Add a custom proxy configuration = ON
- Proxy = http + https
- Proxy server =\> The IP address of the proxy : port-of-the-proxy
- Proxy Auth = OFF (the proxy does not need user+pwd)
- User + Pwd are grayed out (as expected)
- Proxy Bypass = I leave it blank.

Then I close settings and I do a GET [http://checkip.amazonaws.com/](http://checkip.amazonaws.com/)

PROBLEM:

The response gives me my IP instead of the Proxy’s IP. This yields me to think the request does not use the proxy.

If I open settings, the proxy config is there (ie: It’s not that it was not saved).

The proxy works well if I consume it from PHP.

QUESTION:

What must I do to tell Postman to use the proxy?