When integrating with external APIs, always wrap your HTTP calls in a try/catch block and inspect the response status code before processing the body. This prevents unhandled exceptions and lets you handle transient errors, such as rate limits or temporary network issues, in a controlled manner.
For more robust integrations, consider implementing a retry mechanism with exponential backoff. You can create a small helper function that retries a request a configurable number of times, increasing the delay between attempts, and logs each attempt for debugging. This pattern improves reliability without overwhelming the API.
