From b95b768e44288f74c70ccfc9886d4b4976b98a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: halo <me@haley.contact>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:51:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add input delay option

---
 README.md     | 4 ++++
 src/input.ts  | 4 ++++
 src/runner.ts | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d83cc20a..edf9e217 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ Defaults to `false`.
 
 Only capture the URL if the most recent existing capture is older than this value. Accepts SPN2 timedelta strings (e.g. `1d`, `3h 20m`) or plain seconds (e.g. `3600`). Supports a comma-separated pair (e.g. `1d,7d`) to apply a different value to outlinks.
 
+### `delayBetweenRequests`
+
+Time, in milliseconds, to wait between web requests.  Use this to work with rate-limited hosting.
+
 ## Outputs
 
 ### `wayback_url`
diff --git a/src/input.ts b/src/input.ts
index 3f350645..15942024 100644
--- a/src/input.ts
+++ b/src/input.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default class Input {
   readonly ifNotArchivedWithin = this.getInput('ifNotArchivedWithin', {
     trimWhitespace: true,
   });
+  readonly delayBetweenRequests;
 
   constructor() {
     const urls = this.getMultilineInput('url', {
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ export default class Input {
       trimWhitespace: true,
     });
 
+    const delayInput = this.getInput('delayBetweenRequests', { trimWhitespace: true });
+    this.delayBetweenRequests = delayInput ? Number(delayInput) : null;
+
     this.url = urls.length > 0 ? urls : this.detectFromCname();
     this.validate();
   }
diff --git a/src/runner.ts b/src/runner.ts
index 18d04722..ebb6ef9d 100644
--- a/src/runner.ts
+++ b/src/runner.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export default async function run(): Promise<void> {
       log.error(`Archive process failed for ${url}: ${err.message}`);
       failures.push({ url, error: err });
     }
+    if (input.delayBetweenRequests) {
+      await Promise.delay(input.delayBetweenRequests);
+    }
   }
 
   writeOutputs(results);