Understanding and handling API rate limits
// Implement exponential backoff retry strategy
async function callAPIWithRetry(requestFn, maxRetries = 3) {
let retries = 0;
while (retries < maxRetries) {
try {
return await requestFn();
} catch (error) {
if (error.status === 429) { // Rate limit error
const retryAfter = error.headers['retry-after'] || Math.pow(2, retries);
console.log('Rate limited. Retrying after ' + retryAfter + ' seconds...');
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, retryAfter * 1000));
retries++;
} else {
throw error;
}
}
}
throw new Error('Max retries exceeded');
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