dumbretry.py

import requests

UNSTABLE_API = "https://httpbin.org/status/200,500,503,401"


def dumbretry():
    succeeded = False
    attempts = 0
    
    while not succeeded:
        response = requests.get(UNSTABLE_API)
        succeeded = response.ok
        attempts += 1
    
    print(f"succeded after {attempts} attempts")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    dumbretry()