[GH-ISSUE #39] [FBref] Comply with the new rate-limiting policy #4

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opened 2026-03-02 15:54:57 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-02 15:54:57 +03:00

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Originally created by @probberechts on GitHub (Apr 21, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/39

FBref has now implemented rate-limiting. The scraper should be adapted to take this into account.

Currently we will block users sending requests to:

FBref.com faster than one request every two seconds.

-- https://www.sports-reference.com/bot-traffic.html

Originally created by @probberechts on GitHub (Apr 21, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/39 FBref has now implemented rate-limiting. The scraper should be adapted to take this into account. > Currently we will block users sending requests to: > - FBref.com faster than one request every two seconds. -- https://www.sports-reference.com/bot-traffic.html