diff --git a/src/s5p/config.py b/src/s5p/config.py
index a15b532..3469162 100644
--- a/src/s5p/config.py
+++ b/src/s5p/config.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import yaml
 
 DEFAULT_PORTS = {"socks5": 1080, "socks4": 1080, "http": 8080}
+VALID_PROTOS = {"socks5", "socks4", "http"}
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -103,6 +104,27 @@ def parse_proxy_url(url: str) -> ChainHop:
     )
 
 
+def parse_api_proxies(data: dict) -> list[ChainHop]:
+    """Parse proxy list from API response ``{"proxies": [...]}``.
+
+    Each entry must have ``proto`` (socks5/socks4/http) and ``proxy``
+    (host:port).  Invalid entries are silently skipped.
+    """
+    proxies: list[ChainHop] = []
+    for entry in data.get("proxies", []):
+        proto = entry.get("proto")
+        addr = entry.get("proxy", "")
+        if not proto or proto not in VALID_PROTOS or ":" not in addr:
+            continue
+        host, port_str = addr.rsplit(":", 1)
+        try:
+            port = int(port_str)
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+        proxies.append(ChainHop(proto=proto, host=host, port=port))
+    return proxies
+
+
 def load_config(path: str | Path) -> Config:
     """Load configuration from a YAML file."""
     path = Path(path)
diff --git a/src/s5p/pool.py b/src/s5p/pool.py
index ca5a0ef..7db3df6 100644
--- a/src/s5p/pool.py
+++ b/src/s5p/pool.py
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlparse
 
-from .config import ChainHop, PoolSourceConfig, ProxyPoolConfig, parse_proxy_url
+from .config import ChainHop, PoolSourceConfig, ProxyPoolConfig, parse_api_proxies, parse_proxy_url
 from .http import http_get_json, http_post_json
 from .proto import ProtoError, build_chain
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("s5p")
 
-VALID_PROTOS = {"socks5", "socks4", "http"}
 STATE_VERSION = 1
 
 
@@ -195,20 +194,7 @@ class ProxyPool:
             url = f"{url}{sep}{urlencode(params)}"
 
         data = await http_get_json(url)
-
-        proxies: list[ChainHop] = []
-        for entry in data.get("proxies", []):
-            proto = entry.get("proto")
-            addr = entry.get("proxy", "")
-            if not proto or proto not in VALID_PROTOS or ":" not in addr:
-                continue
-            host, port_str = addr.rsplit(":", 1)
-            try:
-                port = int(port_str)
-            except ValueError:
-                continue
-            proxies.append(ChainHop(proto=proto, host=host, port=port))
-        return proxies
+        return parse_api_proxies(data)
 
     def _fetch_file_sync(self, src: PoolSourceConfig) -> list[ChainHop]:
         """Parse a text file with one proxy URL per line (runs in executor)."""
diff --git a/src/s5p/source.py b/src/s5p/source.py
index 8e7cbbd..12ca126 100644
--- a/src/s5p/source.py
+++ b/src/s5p/source.py
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ import random
 import time
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from .config import ChainHop, ProxySourceConfig
+from .config import ChainHop, ProxySourceConfig, parse_api_proxies
 from .http import http_get_json
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("s5p")
 
-VALID_PROTOS = {"socks5", "socks4", "http"}
-
 
 class ProxySource:
     """Fetches and caches proxies from an HTTP API.
@@ -76,18 +74,4 @@ class ProxySource:
             url = f"{url}{sep}{urlencode(params)}"
 
         data = await http_get_json(url)
-
-        proxies: list[ChainHop] = []
-        for entry in data.get("proxies", []):
-            proto = entry.get("proto")
-            addr = entry.get("proxy", "")
-            if not proto or proto not in VALID_PROTOS or ":" not in addr:
-                continue
-            host, port_str = addr.rsplit(":", 1)
-            try:
-                port = int(port_str)
-            except ValueError:
-                continue
-            proxies.append(ChainHop(proto=proto, host=host, port=port))
-
-        return proxies
+        return parse_api_proxies(data)