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PoloniexApiError: Please do not make more than 6 API calls per second.

See original GitHub issue

I’m getting this error quite a lot at the minute, I’ve two different backtraces for it

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/lendingbot.py", line 91, in <module>
    Lending.lend_all()
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Lending.py", line 126, in lend_all
    lending_balances = api.return_available_account_balances("lending")['lending']
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Poloniex.py", line 105, in return_available_account_balances
    balances = self.api_query('returnAvailableAccountBalances', {"account": account})
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Poloniex.py", line 79, in api_query
    json_ret = _read_response(ret)
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Poloniex.py", line 46, in _read_response
    raise PoloniexApiError(data['error'])
PoloniexApiError: Please do not make more than 6 API calls per second.

  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/lendingbot.py", line 91, in <module>
    Lending.lend_all()
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Lending.py", line 125, in lend_all
    total_lended = Data.get_total_lended()[0]
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Data.py", line 41, in get_total_lended
    crypto_lended = api.return_active_loans()
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Poloniex.py", line 129, in return_active_loans
    return self.api_query('returnActiveLoans')
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Poloniex.py", line 79, in api_query
    json_ret = _read_response(ret)
  File "/home/dog/poloniexlendingbot_new/modules/Poloniex.py", line 46, in _read_response
    raise PoloniexApiError(data['error'])
PoloniexApiError: Please do not make more than 6 API calls per second.

I’ve recently started lending across a total of 4 currencies. I’m not sure if that’s significant, but I don’t think anything else has changed.