From b36d653a926f4eec0ba4e58d8f8a2f0db089f418 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?In=C3=A9s=20Pastor-Marazuela?=
 <29770213+InesPM@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:25:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing HTTP Error 429

Fixing HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests. This showed up with get_json(), and seems to be fixed when adding a page_length limit of 50 and a sleep time of 0.5 to 1 seconds.
---
 frbcat/tns.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frbcat/tns.py b/frbcat/tns.py
index 3efe856..76628fe 100644
--- a/frbcat/tns.py
+++ b/frbcat/tns.py
@@ -167,11 +167,18 @@ def row2json(self, line):
                     print(key, val)
         return out
 
-    def get_json(self):
+    def get_json(self, page_length=50, sleep=0.5):
+        """
+        Get TNS catalogue in json file format. 
+        page_length and sleep avoid HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests.
+        Args:
+         page_length (int): Limit of items per page that can be queried.
+         sleep (float): sleep time between queried pages.
+        """        
         entries = []
         more = True
         page = 0
-        page_length = 500
+        page_length = 50 if page_length > 50 else page_length
 
         if not self.mute:
             m = 'Attempting to retrieve FRBs from the Transient Name Server'