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| author | Lorenz Diener <[email protected]> | 2016-11-25 23:28:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Lorenz Diener <[email protected]> | 2016-11-25 23:28:30 +0100 |
| commit | 69f78773a05666430c93eac5ef2eead7f648cc09 (patch) | |
| tree | 3be8b01140f8bfa52dd70972ac1c243fb97a2959 /docs | |
| parent | 3ce225dbeff8dc81539108cad376c0ab7db2125f (diff) | |
| download | mastodon.py-69f78773a05666430c93eac5ef2eead7f648cc09.tar.gz | |
Requirement and documentation fixes
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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 02676a4..5e893fe 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst | |||
| @@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ node running Mastodon. | |||
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | A note about rate limits | 42 | A note about rate limits |
| 43 | ------------------------ | 43 | ------------------------ |
| 44 | Mastodons API rate limits per IP. Mastodon.py has three modes for dealing | 44 | Mastodons API rate limits per IP. By default, the limit is 150 requests per 5 minute |
| 45 | with rate limiting that you can pass to the constructor, "throw", "wait" | 45 | time slow. This can differ from instance to instance and is subject to change. |
| 46 | and "pace", "wait" being the default. | 46 | Mastodon.py has three modes for dealing with rate limiting that you can pass to |
| 47 | the constructor, "throw", "wait" and "pace", "wait" being the default. | ||
| 47 | 48 | ||
| 48 | In "throw" mode, Mastodon.py makes no attempt to stick to rate limits. When | 49 | In "throw" mode, Mastodon.py makes no attempt to stick to rate limits. When |
| 49 | a request hits the rate limit, it simply throws a MastodonRateLimitError. This is | 50 | a request hits the rate limit, it simply throws a MastodonRateLimitError. This is |