Add total return articles limit

config/settings.py

@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ class ARTICLE_TYPE(Enum):
 
 BUILD_FROM_SCRATCH = False
 BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS = ["*"]
+
+MAX_NUMBER_OF_ARTICLES = 500

main.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def list_programs(student: Candidate) -> List[Article]:
         articles = query_similar_background_api(query_dict)
         print('Query:', query_dict)
         max_score = articles[0].score if articles and articles[0].score else 0
-        for idx, article in enumerate(articles):
+        for idx, article in enumerate(articles[:settings.MAX_NUMBER_OF_ARTICLES]):
             if article.score is None or (len(articles) > 100 and article.score < max_score // 2):
                 break
             programs = init_programs(article)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def list_target_school_info(student: Candidate) -> List[Article]:
         query_dict = parse_request(student, article_type="ADMISSION")
         articles = query_target_school_api(query_dict)
         max_score = articles[0].score if articles and articles[0].score else 0
-        for idx, article in enumerate(articles):
+        for idx, article in enumerate(articles[:settings.MAX_NUMBER_OF_ARTICLES]):
             if article.score is None or (len(articles) > 100 and article.score != max_score):
                 break
             programs = init_programs(article)