1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/harvest_common.py b/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/harvest_common.py
index f4d74be2..11fd5fe8 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/harvest_common.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/harvest_common.py
@@ -3,10 +3,32 @@ import sys
 import json
 import time
 import datetime
+import requests
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+from requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry import Retry
+
 
 # Used for parsing ISO date format (YYYY-MM-DD)
 DATE_FMT = "%Y-%m-%d"
 
+def requests_retry_session(retries=10, backoff_factor=3,
+        status_forcelist=(500, 502, 504), session=None):
+    """
+    From: https://www.peterbe.com/plog/best-practice-with-retries-with-requests
+    """
+    session = session or requests.Session()
+    retry = Retry(
+        total=retries,
+        read=retries,
+        connect=retries,
+        backoff_factor=backoff_factor,
+        status_forcelist=status_forcelist,
+    )
+    adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
+    session.mount('http://', adapter)
+    session.mount('https://', adapter)
+    return session
+
 class HarvestState:
     """
     First version of this works with full days (dates)