WebProxy URI is not valid

Question

This is the code I currently have

using (WebClient client = new WebClient()) {
    WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy();
    proxy.Address = new Uri(96.44.147.138:6060);
    proxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(proxyUsername.Text, proxyPassword.Text);
    proxy.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
    proxy.BypassProxyOnLocal = false;
    Console.WriteLine(client.DownloadString("http://bot.whatismyipaddress.com/"));
}

The proxy needs credentials.

I get an error on line proxy.Address = new Uri(96.44.147.138:6060); saying

"The URI scheme is not valid."

Not sure what kind of value it's expecting

Answer 1

The Uri should consist of scheme host and optiona port. So you should use

proxy.Address = new Uri("http://96.44.147.138:6060");