A delay of 1 second per request is not enough for 3600 per hour

Question

The Amazon API limit is apparently 1 second per second, or 3,600 per hour. So I implemented it like this:

while True:
    #sql stuff
    time.sleep(1)
    result = api.item_lookup(row[0], ResponseGroup='Images,ItemAttributes,Offers,OfferSummary', IdType='EAN', SearchIndex='All')
    #sql stuff

Error:

amazonproduct.errors.TooManyRequests: RequestThrottled: AWS Access Key ID: ACCESS_KEY_REDACTED. You are sending requests too fast. Try again at a lower speed.

Any ideas why?

Answer 1

This code looks correct, and it looks like 1 request / second limit is still relevant: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/TroubleshootingApplications.html#efficiency-guidelines

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