X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/twitter-api-cdsw/blobdiff_plain/043b63c67557591f1e85b53d17fc8a1a797f48ca..HEAD:/tweepy/error.py diff --git a/tweepy/error.py b/tweepy/error.py index 1c47a5a..7827029 100644 --- a/tweepy/error.py +++ b/tweepy/error.py @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from __future__ import print_function import six - class TweepError(Exception): """Tweepy exception""" @@ -17,3 +16,16 @@ class TweepError(Exception): def __str__(self): return self.reason + +def is_rate_limit_error_message(message): + """Check if the supplied error message belongs to a rate limit error.""" + return isinstance(message, list) \ + and len(message) > 0 \ + and 'code' in message[0] \ + and message[0]['code'] == 88 + +class RateLimitError(TweepError): + """Exception for Tweepy hitting the rate limit.""" + # RateLimitError has the exact same properties and inner workings + # as TweepError for backwards compatibility reasons. + pass