def is_ready(self, node_id, metadata_priority=True):
        """Check whether a node is ready to send more requests.

        In addition to connection-level checks, this method also is used to
        block additional requests from being sent during a metadata refresh.

        Arguments:
            node_id (int): id of the node to check
            metadata_priority (bool): Mark node as not-ready if a metadata
                refresh is required. Default: True

        Returns:
            bool: True if the node is ready and metadata is not refreshing
        """
        if not self._can_send_request(node_id):
            return False

        # if we need to update our metadata now declare all requests unready to
        # make metadata requests first priority
        if metadata_priority:
            if self._metadata_refresh_in_progress:
                return False
            if self.cluster.ttl() == 0:
                return False
        return True