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Handling Failed Requests in Python: Techniques for Resilience

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Best practices for handling failed requests in Python: use try/except blocks, implement exponential backoff for retries, and use a circuit breaker pattern.

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