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“” - darkNomadX - 16-03-2025
Hey! I’ve been using `backoff` for Python requests retry, and it’s been working great. It’s super easy to set up and handles exponential backoff and jitter out of the box.
For timeouts, I usually set a base timeout and increase it slightly with each retry. And for rate limits, I’d suggest using a token bucket or leaky bucket algorithm to throttle your requests.
Here’s a quick example with `backoff`:
```python
import backoff
import requests
@backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, requests.exceptions.RequestException, max_tries=5)
def make_request(url):
return requests.get(url, timeout=5)
```
Good luck!