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DOWNLOAD_DELAY

Scrapy settings configure components and request downloading. Use global settings for defaults and DOWNLOAD_SLOTS for per-domain concurrency, delays, and jitter.

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Since
2.19.0

Syntax

SCRAPY_SETTINGS_MODULE = "myproject.settings"
DOWNLOAD_DELAY = 2.5
DOWNLOAD_DELAY_JITTER = 0.5
DOWNLOAD_SLOTS = {"example.com": {"concurrency": 1, "delay": 2, "jitter": 0}}

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  • CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_DOMAIN
  • DOWNLOAD_HANDLERS
  • DOWNLOAD_FAIL_ON_DATALOSS
  • Request.meta
  • download_slot
  • download_timeout
  • download_maxsize
  • download_warnsize

Source: Settings — Scrapy 2.19.0 documentation. Checked 2026-11-03.