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Connection Timeout (in ms)

This parameter defines the time (in milliseconds) after which a running request aborts. If set to null, the default timeout of the system is used.

Technical Name	timeout
Category	Technical
Type	Integer null
Default Value	null
Example Values	null, 10000

Initial Delay (in ms)

This parameter defines the initial time (in milliseconds) to wait before a failed request is reattempted.

Technical Name	initial_delay
Category	Technical
Type	Integer
Default Value	1000
Example Values	1000

When a request fails, the connector does a so-called exponential backoff. The delay starts with this duration and then exponentially increases with every failed attempt.

Maximum Delay (in ms)

This parameter represents the maximum amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait before a failed HTTP request is reattempted. Set to null for unrestricted delay.

Technical Name	max_delay
Category	Technical
Type	Integer
Default Value	3600000
Example Values	3600000

When a request fails, the connector does a so called exponential backoff. The delay increases with every failed attempt up to this duration. In order to limit the total runtime of the connector, one can set a maximum delay.

Maximum Number of Attempts

This parameter represents the the number of attempts after which an HTTP request will fail permanently.

Technical Name	max_attempts
Category	Technical
Type	Integer
Default Value	5
Example Values	5

The connector resents failed requests before failing the whole connector run. If experiencing a lot of connectivity issues which are unrelated to some rate limitation or server overload, it is advised to increase this parameter as well as the parameters Timeout and Maximum Delay.

Task Parameters

Task Parameters

Connection Timeout (in ms)

Initial Delay (in ms)

Maximum Delay (in ms)

Maximum Number of Attempts