TooManyRequests Overpass Error

Question

I'm using overpy to query the Overpass API, and the nature of the data is such that I have a lot of queries to execute. I've run into the 429 OverpassTooManyRequests exception and I'm trying to play by the rules. I've tried introducing time.sleep methods to space out the requests, but I have no basis for how long the program should wait before continuing.

I found this link which mentions a "Retry-after" header:
How to avoid HTTP error 429 (Too Many Requests) python

Is there a way to access that header in an overpy response? I've been through the docs and the source code, but nothing stood out that would allow me to access that header so I can pause querying until it's acceptable to do so again.

I'm using Python 3.6 and overpy 0.4.

Answer 1

Maybe this isn't quite the answer you're seeking, but I ran into the same issue and fixed it by simply hosting my own OSM database server using docker. Just clone the repo and follow instructions:

https://github.com/mediasuitenz/docker-overpass-api

Answer 2

from http://overpass-api.de/command_line.html do check that you do not have a single 'runaway' request that is taking up all the resources.