# Route ONE request through Japan
curl -x "http://jp:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080" https://ifconfig.me

# Route ONE request through Brazil
curl -x "http://br:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080" https://example.com/api

import requests

def vpn_proxy(region: str) -> dict:
    """Return proxy dict for a given region code."""
    return {
        "https": f"http://{region}:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080",
        "http":  f"http://{region}:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080",
    }

# Only the geo-blocked request goes through VPN
resp = requests.get("https://geo-restricted-api.example.com", proxies=vpn_proxy("jp"))

# All other requests go through normal sc-proxy routing (no proxies= arg)
resp2 = requests.get("https://api.coingecko.com/...")

# WRONG — may influence other requests
export HTTP_PROXY="http://jp:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080"
export HTTPS_PROXY="http://jp:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080"

# Your real exit IP
curl https://ifconfig.me

# VPN exit IP (should be different, from Japan)
curl -x "http://jp:x@sc-vpn.internal:8080" https://ifconfig.me