Building a reusable API client framework in Python
I've been working on api automation framework for a while and wanted to share what I learned.
The problem
Connect and automate any REST API with this plug-and-play Python framework. Schedule tasks, chain API calls, handle authentication, and build co...
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Алексей Спинов
Nice framework design! One pattern I have found invaluable when working with dozens of APIs is adding automatic retry with exponential backoff and rate-limit header parsing. Most APIs return
Retry-AfterorX-RateLimit-Resetheaders — parsing these and sleeping accordingly saves you from getting banned. I have built clients for 78+ different APIs (Reddit, Spotify, HN, ArXiv, etc.) and the abstraction that pays off most is separating pagination strategy from the HTTP layer. Some APIs use cursor-based, others use offset — having a pluggable pagination interface keeps your client clean. Would love to see how you handle API-specific auth flows (OAuth2 vs API keys vs JWT) in your framework.