429 Status code is technically a response from the server (Too Many Requests). In the context of web scraping, it occurs when you overload the server with many requests in a short period with the single API.
However, as this status code is a security measure implemented by servers, it must be avoided to scrape effectively. Here are a few ways to do it:
- Throttle Your Requests: Since the error occurs due to hitting the server in a very short span, it is better to send requests to the server with small, spaced-out hits.
- Or you can use Scrapingdog’s Web Scraping API, which can handle all the proxies by itself, and you can prevent a 429 status code.
