import time

import random

import requests

def retry_submission(url, data, max_retries=3, delay=1):

"""

Retries a form submission with graceful failure handling.

Args:

url (str): The URL to submit the form to.

data (dict): The data to submit in the form.

max_retries (int): The maximum number of retries.

delay (int): The delay between retries in seconds.

Returns:

requests.Response or None: The response object if successful, None otherwise.

"""

for attempt in range(max_retries):

try:

response = requests.post(url, data=data) # Attempt the submission

response.raise_for_status() # Raise HTTPError for bad responses (4xx or 5xx)

return response # Return the response on success

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:

print(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed: {e}")

if attempt < max_retries - 1:

print(f"Retrying in {delay} seconds...")

time.sleep(delay + random.uniform(0, delay/2)) # Add some jitter to delay

else:

print("Max retries reached. Submission failed.")

return None # Return None if all retries fail

if __name__ == '__main__':

# Example Usage

form_url = "https://httpbin.org/post" # Replace with your form URL

form_data = {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}

response = retry_submission(form_url, form_data)

if response:

print("Submission successful!")

print(response.json())

else:

print("Submission failed after multiple retries.")