This will allow AXIOS to retry the same request a number of times

axios.ts

// this will make use of axios interceptors
// and allow axios to retry SERVER errors 
// on the initial request we initialize attempt count to 1
// then on each retry we increment the attempt number
// we send the attempt number to the server as a custom header (x-attempt)
axios.interceptors.request.use((request: AxiosRequestConfig) => {
    request.headers.common = {
      'x-attempt': request.headers.common['x-attempt'] || 1
    };
    // @todo add aditional stuff: add random user agent, add proxy, etc
    console.log(new Date(), 'requesting', request.url);
    return request;
});

axios.interceptors.response.use(
    response => response,
    err => {
        // i only retry server errors. client errors i allow to fail
        if (err && err.response && err.response.status < 500) {
            return Promise.reject(err)
        }

        let attempt = err.config.headers['x-attempt'] || 1;
        const tries = 5;
        if (attempt < tries) {
            err.config.headers['x-attempt'] = attempt + 1;
            console.log(new Date(), `retrying ${attempt}/${tries}..`, err.config.url)
            return axios.request(err.config);
        }

        return Promise.reject(err);
    });