FIX: Backwards compatibility with <1.1 API

[oesteban]

Fixes #578

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Checklist

• Check that the base branch is set to develop and not main.
• Ensure that the documentation will be consistent with the code upon merging.
• Add a line or a few lines that check the new features added.
• Ensure that unit tests pass.
  If you don't have a premium proxy, some of the tests will be skipped.
  The tests that are run should pass without raising
  MaxTriesExceededException or other exceptions.