retry_requests_session_with_exponential_backoff_quickstart.py

1import requests
2from retry_requests import retry
3
4# Create a retry-enabled session
5# retries: number of retry attempts
6# backoff_factor: wait time between retries (e.g., 1s, 2s, 4s...)
7# status_to_retry: tuple of HTTP status codes that trigger a retry
8retry_session = retry(
9    requests.Session(),
10    retries=5,
11    backoff_factor=0.2,
12    status_to_retry=(500, 502, 503, 504)
13)
14
15# Use the session as you would normally with requests
16response = retry_session.get("https://httpbin.org/status/500")
17
18print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")