TST/CI: fixes and workarounds for various API issues

docs/ergast.rst

@@ -206,17 +206,19 @@ response. When 'pandas' is selected as result type, these endpoints return a
 :class:`~fastf1.ergast.interface.ErgastMultiResponse`. One such endpoint is
 the constructor standings endpoint.
 
+.. TODO: the following doctests are skipped because of the broken Ergast API
+
 .. doctest::
 
-  >>> standings = ergast.get_constructor_standings()
+  >>> standings = ergast.get_constructor_standings()  # doctest: +SKIP
 
 Called without any 'season' specifier, it returns standings for multiple
 seasons. An overview over the returned data is available as a ``.description``
 of the response:
 
 .. doctest::
 
-  >>> standings.description
+  >>> standings.description  # doctest: +SKIP
      season  round
   0    1958     11
   1    1959      9
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ The first element in ``.content`` is associated with the first row of the
 
 .. doctest::
 
-  >>> standings.content[0]
+  >>> standings.content[0]  # doctest: +SKIP
      position positionText  ...  constructorName  constructorNationality
   0         1            1  ...          Vanwall                 British
   1         2            2  ...          Ferrari                 Italian

fastf1/req.py

@@ -110,7 +110,14 @@ class _SessionWithRateLimiting(requests.Session):
             # soft limit 4 calls/sec
             _CallsPerIntervalLimitRaise(200, 60*60, "ergast.com: 200 calls/h")
             # hard limit 200 calls/h
-        ]
+        ],
+        # general limits on all other APIs
+        re.compile(r"^https?://.+\..+"): [
+            _MinIntervalLimitDelay(0.25),
+            # soft limit 4 calls/sec
+            _CallsPerIntervalLimitRaise(500, 60 * 60, "any API: 500 calls/h")
+            # hard limit 200 calls/h
+        ],
     }
 
     def send(self, request, **kwargs):

fastf1/tests/test_cache.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 import fastf1._api
+import fastf1.ergast.interface
 import fastf1.testing
 from fastf1 import Cache
 from fastf1.logger import LoggingManager
@@ -56,13 +57,13 @@ def _test_cache_used_and_clear(tmpdir):
         with open('fastf1/testing/reference_data/2020_05_FP2/'
                   'ergast_race.raw', 'rb') as fobj:
             content = fobj.read()
-        mocker.get('https://ergast.com/api/f1/2020/5.json',
+        mocker.get(f'{fastf1.ergast.interface.BASE_URL}/2020/5.json',
                    content=content, status_code=200)
 
         with open('fastf1/testing/reference_data/2020_05_FP2/'
                   'ergast_race_result.raw', 'rb') as fobj:
             content = fobj.read()
-        mocker.get('https://ergast.com/api/f1/2020/5/results.json',
+        mocker.get(f'{fastf1.ergast.interface.BASE_URL}/2020/5/results.json',
                    content=content, status_code=200)
 
         # rainy and short session, good for fast test/quick loading

fastf1/tests/test_events.py

@@ -237,10 +237,8 @@ def test_event_get_session_name(backend):
     assert event.get_session_name('Sprint') == 'Sprint'
 
     # Sprint Qualifying format introduced for 2024
-    if ((backend == 'f1timing')
-            and (datetime.datetime.now() < datetime.datetime(2024, 4, 21))):
-        # disables this test until the data should be available
-        # TODO: remove early exit at any time after 2024/04/21
+    if backend == 'f1timing':
+        # disables this test for the broken livetiming backend -> TODO
         return
     event = fastf1.get_event(2024, 5, backend=backend)
     assert event.year == 2024