Cloudflare error 1015 - Meaning & Fix
Cloudflare Error 1015 happens when you exceed a website's rate limit, which is set to control traffic and prevent overloading. Learn how to fix the Cloudflare 1015 error and what it means in this quick guide.
What causes the Cloudflare error 1015?
Rate limiting is the most likely cause of Cloudflare Error 1015. Websites use this method to control excessive connection requests and protect their servers from overload. If you're using a scraper, this error may occur when it sends too many requests within a short period.
Solution
How to get rid of Cloudflare error 1015
Anonymize requests with proxy servers
To keep your scraping projects running smoothly at full scale, consider using a large proxy pool for the best outcome. The idea is to assign a unique proxy IP for each web request you make, giving Cloudflare the impression that these requests are coming from different visitors. Moreover, proxy servers help avoid CATPCHAs, IP bans, and geo-restrictions, ensuring the smooth completion of your entire project.
Send less web requests
Adjust your scraper to send a reduced number of requests within a specific time interval so you won’t overburden Cloudflare servers. However, it isn’t the most desirable approach, as it may directly limit your scraping scale.
Mirror genuine browser requests
Any website, relies on visitors' web browsers to transmit crucial information known as HTTP headers. If your scraper doesn’t provide precise details – it’s likely Cloudflare will detect and block your requests. To avoid the 1015 error on Cloudflare, you should:
Rotate sets of headers
Cycle through a variety of different HTTP header sets
Use cookies
Incorporate HTTP cookie management strategies
Use a headless browser
Choose a headless browser instead of manually adjusting headers
Use Web Scraping API
Forget about data-gathering interruptions altogether and focus on public data analysis with Oxylabs’ Web Scraper API. Scale your operations without limits and easily avoid 1015 errors, IP bans, and CAPTCHAs.
Proxy management
Let ML-driven infrastructure handle proxies from a pool of 195 geo-locations for specific targets.
Custom parameters
Customize API behavior for your specific needs with custom headers and cookies.
AI-powered fingerprinting
Outsmart anti-scraping technologies with AI-picked IPs, headers, cookies, and WebRTC properties.
Automatic retries
Improve and simplify your processes with automatic retries of failed requests with different scraping parameters.
Headless Browser
Render JavaScript-reliant pages with a single code line and perform browser actions like clicking, scrolling, and more.
Custom Parser
Define custom parsing instructions and retrieve parsed data in JSON format.
Web Crawler
Crawl any site from top to bottom, select useful data, and fetch it in bulk.
Scheduler
Have your scraping projects run at any schedule, automatically deliver scraped data, and get notifications.