X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/twitter-api-cdsw/blobdiff_plain/b5d973d7a0a14eca21b2981ffacf4fb9ea77ba41..a5afcef4759dfb5886e60791cf9b0b8fc7d67b8f:/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