feat: obey the rate limit #488
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done by using the retry-after header Fixes python-gitlab#166
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Hi @max-wittig Thanks for this PR, it looks good and provides a very nice feature! |
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This PR enables python-gitlab to wait if the GitLab rate-limit is hit.
It waits as long as GitLab specifies via the Retry-After header
GitLab lacks documentation about this feature, but rate-limits can be set in the Admin UI (see screenshot)
and via the settings API.
{ "throttle_authenticated_api_enabled": false, "throttle_authenticated_api_requests_per_period": 2, "throttle_authenticated_api_period_in_seconds": 10, }It can be disabled using the
obey_rate_limit=Falseparameter