Rate limits

Request limits and retry guidance.

Requests are rate limited to keep the service fast for everyone. If you exceed a limit you’ll receive 429 Too Many Requests.

Handling 429

Retry with exponential backoff, waiting a little longer between each attempt:

import time, requests

def with_retry(fn, retries=4):
    for i in range(retries):
        r = fn()
        if r.status_code != 429:
            return r
        time.sleep(2 ** i)   # 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s
    return r

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