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Throttling algorithm
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This adjusts download delays and concurrency based on the following rules:
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This adjusts download delays based on the following rules:
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1. spiders always start with one concurrent request and a download delay of
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:setting:`AUTOTHROTTLE_START_DELAY`
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1. spiders always start with a download delay of
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:setting:`AUTOTHROTTLE_START_DELAY`;
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2. when a response is received, the download delay is adjusted to the
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average of previous download delay and the latency of the response.
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.. note:: The AutoThrottle extension honours the standard Scrapy settings for
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concurrency and delay. This means that it will never set a download delay
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lower than :setting:`DOWNLOAD_DELAY` or a concurrency higher than
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:setting:`CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_DOMAIN`
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(or :setting:`CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_IP`, depending on which one you use).
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concurrency and delay. This means that it will respect
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:setting:`CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_DOMAIN` and
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:setting:`CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_IP` options and
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never set a download delay lower than :setting:`DOWNLOAD_DELAY`.
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Settings
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