clover-exponential-backoff.py

max_attempts = 10
attempts = 0

while attempts < max_attempts:
	# Make a request to Clover REST API
	response = requests.get(request_url, headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + api_token})
	
	# If not rate limited, break out of while loop and continue with the rest of the code
	if response.status_code != 429:
		break
	
	# If rate limited, wait and try again
	time.sleep((2 ** attempts) + random.random())
	attempts = attempts + 1