Rate Limits

{
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded",
  "message": "You have exceeded the rate limit of 15 requests per minute"
}

import time
import requests

def make_request_with_backoff(url, headers, max_retries=5):
    for attempt in range(max_retries):
        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

        if response.status_code == 429:
            wait_time = 2 ** attempt  # 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 seconds
            time.sleep(wait_time)
            continue

        return response

    raise Exception("Max retries exceeded")

# Instead of this (10 requests):
for imo in ["9247431", "9184419", "9465411", ...]:
    get_vessel_location(imo)

# Do this (1 request):
get_vessels_location_bulk("9247431,9184419,9465411,...")

from functools import lru_cache
import time

@lru_cache(maxsize=1000)
def get_cached_location(imo, timestamp):
    # timestamp rounded to 5-minute intervals
    return get_vessel_location(imo)

# Use with 5-minute cache
current_interval = int(time.time() / 300) * 300
location = get_cached_location("9247431", current_interval)