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Ratelimit not being handled correctly?

See original GitHub issue

So I use username and password to authenticate:

this._r = new Snoowrap({
    userAgent: '...',
    clientId: '...',
    clientSecret: '...',
    username: '...',
    password: '...'
});

So I basically calll getNew at a certain interval to fetch the new submissions and if the conditions are met then I will also reply to that submission:

 this._r.getNew(subreddit).then(function(submissions) {
     _.each(submissions, function(submission) {
         if (.....) {
             submission.reply(text);
         }
     });
 });

And for some reason I get Ratelimit errors after a while:

May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:  Unhandled rejection Error: RATELIMIT,je doet dat te veel, probeer het over 3 minuten opnieuw.,ratelimit 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at /app/node_modules/snoowrap/dist/helpers.js:111:11 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at PassThroughHandlerContext.finallyHandler (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/finally.js:57:23) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at PassThroughHandlerContext.tryCatcher (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Promise._settlePromise (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Promise._settlePromise0 (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Promise._settlePromises (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:693:18) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Async._drainQueue (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:133:16) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Async._drainQueues (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:143:10) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at Immediate.Async.drainQueues (/app/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at runCallback (timers.js:672:20) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5) 
May 09 15:49:13 twitch-mirrorer app/web.1:      at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)

Did I assume wrongly that the API would handle the rate limit correctly and prevent sending requests when the rate limit has been reached?

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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not-an-aardvarkcommented, May 9, 2017

Actually, I realized my first comment was incorrect – that error isn’t coming from the normal ratelimit of 600 requests per second. Reddit prevents accounts with low karma from posting too frequently, to deter spam. (You’ll notice this if you try to post comments too frequently from a new account, regardless of whether you’re using the API.) If you get some karma on your bot’s account, I think the posting limit will go away.

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TheHolyWafflecommented, May 9, 2017

I guess that clears it all up. Thank you for the quick help 😃