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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py index d542a9e0e..8481a10b0 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py +++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pluralsight.py @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals import json +import random from .common import InfoExtractor from ..compat import ( @@ -156,9 +157,17 @@ class PluralsightIE(PluralsightBaseIE): format_id = '%s-%s' % (ext, quality) clip_url = self._download_webpage( request, display_id, 'Downloading %s URL' % format_id, fatal=False) - # #6989: sleep 3 seconds to avoid 429 errors. - # should help with #6842. - self._sleep(3, display_id) + + # Pluralsight tracks multiple sequential calls to ViewClip API and start + # to return 429 HTTP errors after some time (see + # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/6989). Moreover it may even lead + # to account ban (see https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/6842). + # To somewhat reduce the probability of these consequences + # we will sleep random amount of time before each call to ViewClip. + self._sleep( + random.randint(2, 5), display_id, + '%(video_id)s: Waiting for %(timeout)s seconds to avoid throttling') + if not clip_url: continue f.update({ |