429 Client Error

[hemaswapnika_e]

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

[Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM]

A 429 response is in response to hitting a rate limit.

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rate-limiting/

[hemaswapnika_e]

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

[Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM]

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]

Thanks