Error Handling & Troubleshooting

{
  "error": true,
  "error_message": "No valid API key was provided.",
  "error_code": "401"
}

{
  "error": true,
  "error_message": "You are being rate-limited. Please reduce request frequency.",
  "error_code": "429"
}

async function fetchWithRetry(
  url: string,
  options: RequestInit,
  maxRetries = 5
): Promise<Response> {
  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < maxRetries; attempt++) {
    const response = await fetch(url, options);

    if (response.ok) return response;

    if ([429, 500, 503].includes(response.status)) {
      const baseDelay = Math.pow(2, attempt) * 1000;
      const jitter = Math.random() * 1000;
      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, baseDelay + jitter));
      continue;
    }

    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
  }

  throw new Error("Max retries exceeded");
}

import time
import random
import requests

def fetch_with_retry(url, headers, max_retries=5):
    for attempt in range(max_retries):
        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

        if response.ok:
            return response

        if response.status_code in (429, 500, 503):
            base_delay = (2 ** attempt)
            jitter = random.uniform(0, 1)
            time.sleep(base_delay + jitter)
            continue

        response.raise_for_status()

    raise Exception("Max retries exceeded")