HTTP 429

Dear Folks:

I have a small web site, circa 65 pages, for which I would like to be able to 
validate its HTML (and CSS) in an automated process, because it will 
ultimately be used by non-tech personnel.

I have PHP code that submits a properly formatted GET request.  When used once 
or twice, it generates the expected response.  I had set it to sleep for 1 
second between calls, as that is an interval that I have often seen described 
as sufficient to not be hammering a server.

Regrettably, after 4 or 5 submissions, the Validator starts returning HTTP 429 
responses.

What is frustrating is that, at least so far as I can see, there is no 
information on what would be an acceptable delay between submissions, a datum 
that, as I understand it, is often supplied when a 429 response is being sent.

I suggest that, at the least, you could provide that datum in the response.  I 
would also be grateful if you could let me know what an acceptable sleep time 
is: it is obviously  more than 1 second, but by how much I don't know.  I have 
no desire to hammer your servers, but surely there is some interval that is 
acceptable.

Thank you for your time reading this.

-- 
Cordially,
Eric Walker
Owlcroft House
https://owlcroft.com/

Received on Monday, 22 April 2024 07:56:06 UTC