# Proxy targeting

Targeting availability depends on the product, location, and live network
inventory. Do not assume that every targeting level is available for every
country or proxy type.

## Product capabilities

| Product     | Targeting model                                                                       |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Residential | Country, region/state, city, and ISP where the local pool supports them               |
| Mobile      | Country, subject to carrier inventory                                                 |
| ISP         | Choose a fixed product location and, where available, a source subnet before purchase |

Vital advertises residential coverage across 180+ countries. Exact country,
city, carrier, and ISP availability can change with inventory.

## Dashboard

The residential and mobile generator supports:

- one or more countries;
- random country selection;
- US state selection when a US exit is selected;
- automatic, EU, or US gateway selection.

When several countries are selected, generated connections are distributed
across those countries.

ISP targeting is different: choose a location and available inventory when
purchasing the static package. It is not changed per request.

## Public API

The residential and mobile generation endpoints currently expose:

| Field       | Meaning                                                    |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `countries` | Array of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes                  |
| `state`     | Optional state code; currently used for US state targeting |
| `gateway`   | `auto`, `eu`, or `us`                                      |

The public generation API does not currently expose city or ISP/ASN fields.
Use the dashboard and live API schema as the authority for available controls.

See the complete request schema in the
[Vital Data API reference](https://docs.vital-data.io/).

Related: [session control](https://www.vital-data.io/docs/session-control.md) ·
[products](https://www.vital-data.io/products.md)

Last reviewed: 2026-07-24.