429 Client Error

Question

I am getting 429 client error when using atlassian-python-api library with the below code:

confluence = Confluence(    url=confluence_base_url,    token=personal_access_token,    )page = confluence.get_page_by_id(page_id, expand='body.storage')Error:429 Client Error: Unknown reason for url:https:xxxx/confluence/rest/api/content/page_id?expand=body.storage

hemaswapnika_e · Answer

Thanks

Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM · Answer

It looks like the Confluence API has a retry mechanism built in. When you create the Confluence object, do this:

confluence = Confluence(
    url=confluence_base_url,
    token=personal_access_token,   
    backoff_and_retry=True
)

From the source code:

backoff_and_retry: Enable exponential backoff and retry. This will retry the request if there is a predefined failure. Primarily designed for Atlassian Cloud where API limits are commonly hit if doing operations on many issues, and the limits require a cooling off period. The wait period before the next request increases exponentially with each failed retry. Defaults to False.

Also consider tuning max_backoff_seconds and max_backoff_retries, but the defaults are probably fine.

hemaswapnika_e · Answer

Hi Jim,

Should we need to do any configuration in the confluence page or any code implementation needs to be done regarding rate limit.

Pls suggest