Request Limit Guidance for Your Twitter Tool

[LouisStam]

Thanks for creating the Twitter reading tool on GitHub; it's been really useful. I've hit a "too_many_requests" error and was hoping you could help with a couple of things:

What's the max number of requests I can make within a certain timeframe?
Any tips on using the tool within the rate limits?

(ps: i'm only the post, not the replies etc.
thanks

[Rishikant181]

Unfortunately, I've never tested the limit myself, but I'll start with something like 1 request / second.

[MohammedShabot]

@Rishikant181 I am working in NodeJs, is there a way to exclude replies from the query? I see that I can exclude it in the command line with the --exclude-replies command, but I do not know how to accomplish this in NodeJs.

I also tried to send a request every 15 seconds, then I first came across a "HTTP: TOO MANY REQUESTS" error, then followed by a "Failed to Authenticate" error. When running the script again after a few hours, the "Failed to Authenticate Error" was still there, maybe I got banned? I am now testing it on a new account, by sending a request every 55 seconds.

Thanks a lot!

[Rishikant181]

I am working in NodeJs, is there a way to exclude replies from the query?

Yes you can, just set the replies property of the query while searching to false and you're good to go. Example:

import { Rettiwt } from 'rettiwt-api';

// Creating a new Rettiwt instance using the given 'API_KEY'
const rettiwt = new Rettiwt({ apiKey: API_KEY });

// Fetching the most recent 5 tweets from user 'user1', excluding replies
rettiwt.tweet.search({ fromUsers: ['user1'], replies: false }, 5)
.then(res => {
    console.log(res);
})
.catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
});

[MohammedShabot]

@Rishikant181

Your answer was very helpful, thank you!
I have one more question I would like to ask tho:
Does limiting the amount of tweets you look at, have effect on the 'request amount'?
e.g.: If I choose to only look at the latest tweet (as you described above, with the '1'), vs if I let that out, so that it looks at all the tweets

Thank you for your help!

[Rishikant181]

Does limiting the amount of tweets you look at, have effect on the 'request amount'?

I'm afraid I didn't quite understand the question :(

[MohammedShabot]

@Rishikant181

In the code you wrote above:
// Fetching the most recent 5 tweets from user 'user1', excluding replies
rettiwt.tweet.search({ fromUsers: ['user1'], replies: false }, 5)
You fetch the last 5 tweets of the user, could this have an effect on the 'HTTP TOO MANY REQUESTS' error?

Thanks!

[Rishikant181]

No, it doesn't have an effect. Every method which Rettiwt provides for fetching or posting data, each method corresponds to sending a single request (except for Rettiwt.tweet.post, where multiple requests might be made, based on the number of media files to be included in tweet).