Re: [twitter-dev] Http Response code handling

2011-02-23 Thread Matt Harris
Hi Umashankar, If you receive a 420 error you should follow the back off strategy I mentioned to Zaver. We don't discuss how Seach handles it's rate limiting, just approaches on what to do if you fine yourself rate limited. Best, @themattharris Developer Advocate, Twitter http://twitter.com/thema

Re: [twitter-dev] Http Response code handling

2011-02-22 Thread Umashankar Das
Hi Matt, Do the failed requests count [one's with 420 response] into the tally for the next hour? Regards Umashankar Das On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Matt Harris wrote: > Hi Zaver, > > A 420 response from the Search API means you have been rate limited. What > you should do is stop mak

Re: [twitter-dev] Http Response code handling

2011-02-22 Thread Matt Harris
Hi Zaver, A 420 response from the Search API means you have been rate limited. What you should do is stop making requests and then try again 30 seconds later. If you still get 420, wait 1 minute. Continue doubling the time you wait until the 420 stops and you get results. Then gradually increase y