# A vendor exposes order data only through a paginated REST API that rate-limits you and occasionally

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Domain: Pipeline Design · Difficulty: medium

## Problem

A vendor exposes order data only through a paginated REST API that rate-limits you and occasionally returns 500s. You need those orders landed reliably in the warehouse each hour. Design ingestion that survives flaky API calls.

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