What is Error 1015 and how can I deal with it?

Cloudflare Error 1015 indicates that your IP address has been flagged and banned for exceeding a website's rate limit. This is a common issue when scraping websites.

Here are some methods to deal with this error:

  1. Use high-quality proxies.
  2. Reduce the number of requests you make.
  3. Utilize a web scraping API.
  4. Rotate your request headers.

1. Get Premium Proxies

     Using high-quality, premium proxies like the ones that GridPanel offers, can help distribute your requests across multiple IP addresses, reducing the likelihood of triggering rate limits.

2. Reduce the frequency of your requests to the website.

      Implementing delays between requests can help avoid triggering rate limits.

  • Implementation: Introduce sleep intervals between requests in your code.
  • Example:  
    import time
import requests

urls = ["http://example.com/page1", "http://example.com/page2"]
for url in urls:
    response = requests.get(url)
    time.sleep(5)  # Sleep for 5 seconds between requests

 

3. Use a Web Scraping API

      Web scraping APIs are designed to handle rate limiting, IP bans, and other challenges associated with scraping. They often come with built-in proxy rotation and other features to ensure successful scraping.

  • Implementation: Use a service like GridPanel, ScraperAPI, ScrapingBee, or others.
  • Example:  
    import requests

api_url = "http://api.gridpanel.com?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=http://example.com"
response = requests.get(api_url)

 

4. Rotate Your Headers

      Rotating your request headers, including User-Agent and other identifying information, can make your requests appear more like those from a regular user.

  • Implementation: Use libraries like fake_useragent to rotate User-Agent headers.
  • Example:  
    import requests
from fake_useragent import UserAgent

ua = UserAgent()
headers = {
    "User-Agent": ua.random,
}

response = requests.get("http://example.com", headers=headers)