error 429 is the internet's way of saying "touch grass."
But seriously:
- Check if the API has a `Retry-After` header. It tells you how long to wait.
- Use `backoff` libraries (e.g., `backoff` in Python) to handle retries gracefully.
- If you're scraping, respect `robots.txt`. Or don't. I'm not your mom.
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OP Reply:
Wow, didn’t expect so many replies! Thanks, y’all.
Tried the `time.sleep(1)` hack in Python, and it *kinda* works, but now my script takes forever. Anyone know a balance between speed and not triggering error 429?
Also, those proxy tools sound sketchy—anyone actually used ScraperAPI without getting banned?
And yeah, I’ll read the API docs… eventually. 😅
But seriously:
- Check if the API has a `Retry-After` header. It tells you how long to wait.
- Use `backoff` libraries (e.g., `backoff` in Python) to handle retries gracefully.
- If you're scraping, respect `robots.txt`. Or don't. I'm not your mom.
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OP Reply:
Wow, didn’t expect so many replies! Thanks, y’all.
Tried the `time.sleep(1)` hack in Python, and it *kinda* works, but now my script takes forever. Anyone know a balance between speed and not triggering error 429?
Also, those proxy tools sound sketchy—anyone actually used ScraperAPI without getting banned?
And yeah, I’ll read the API docs… eventually. 😅