Moved the unfollow tasks out of GAE. Hoping things go smooth now. Allowing
only a subset of users to unfollow. Will gradually allow everyone. Keeping
fingers crossed.

-Nischal

On 8 April 2011 06:52, Nischal Shetty <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oh, so if I send in unfollows from a different IP this would work! Nice,
> I'll do that.
>
> I've been monitoring my logs, and as you said the blocks are happening at
> intervals in bursts. Alright, what I will do is set up some service on aws
> which would do the unfollowing and at the same time I will contact GAE too.
>
> Though I guess a good long term solution is to keep these intensive api
> calls to a dedicated IP?
>
> Thank you so much for the support, I really appreciate it.
>
> -Nischal
>
> On 8 April 2011 06:40, Taylor Singletary <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> We've tested this scenario thoroughly and the limiting ceases after a
>> short period of time when the maximum levels are reached. We couldn't
>> reproduce any out of the ordinary behavior.
>>
>> The most likely culprit in your case is another application performing
>> unfollows on the same GAE IP address you are on; this happens.
>> Consider contacting GAE support to see if your app can be moved to a
>> different IP or some other solution on their side. Consider moving to
>> a hosting environment that allows you to have your own dedicated IP
>> addresss.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>> On Thursday, April 7, 2011, nischalshetty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > I'm making around 50-60 unfollow requests per minute and it's still
>> > throwing the error. Did you have a chance to look at it? My site is
>> > unsable :(
>> >
>> > -N
>> >
>> > On Apr 8, 1:11 am, Nischal Shetty <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Thank you so much for getting back. I'm using twitter4j version 2.2.1 ,
>> it
>> >> uses all the latest api endpoints.
>> >>
>> >> I could not get the raw response data as there's no easy way to do that
>> >> using the API and I've been busy  trying to work around the errors my
>> app
>> >> has been getting.
>> >>
>> >> Here's the message that I get in my log:
>> >>
>> >> 420:Returned by the Search and Trends API when you are being rate
>> limited (http://dev.twitter.com/pages/rate-limiting).
>> >> Returned by the Streaming API:
>> >> Too many login attempts in a short period of time.
>> >> Running too many copies of the same application authenticating with the
>> same
>> >> account name.
>> >>
>> >> This is the URL being used :
>> >>
>> >> http://api.twitter.com/1/friendships/destroy.json?include_entities=fa.
>> ..
>> >>
>> >> -N
>> >>
>> >> On 8 April 2011 00:37, Matt Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Does the error you get back have any message in the response body?
>> >> > Also, just so we are absolutely clear which API method you are
>> calling, can
>> >> > you share the exact URL you are hitting and parameters you are
>> sending
>> >> > (obscuring any secure information)
>> >>
>> >> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, nischalshetty <
>> [email protected]>wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> It's just not working. No matter how much I wait, as soon as
>> unfollow
>> >> >> requests start I get the Error Code 420. I have no clue what to do.
>> >>
>> >> >> Can you please check on your end if my app JustUnfollow.com is being
>> >> >> rate limited for some reason. I've been trying from more than 24
>> >> >> hours. Thousands of users use the app everyday. This is causing a
>> lot
>> >> >> of problem and making me lose users.
>> >>
>> >> >> I request you, please have a check, I have not changed any code, nor
>> >> >> am I making any new API calls and my API calls did not increase
>> >> >> drastically. I've been running this app over a year now.
>> >>
>> >> >> It's only the unfollow requests that get the 420 error. My app also
>> >> >> has follow requests which seem to be working fine.
>> >>
>> >> >> -N
>> >>
>> >> >> On Apr 7, 11:10 am, nischalshetty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >> > I'm implementing queuing right now. That will hopefully settle
>> things
>> >> >> > a little. Once that is done I will provide whatever info I can to
>> get
>> >> >> > this thing sorted.
>> >>
>> >> >> > @Taylor I would like to specifically thank you for getting back to
>> me.
>> >> >> > Considering the amount of distress calls you guys get, a response
>> time
>> >> >> > this quick is awesome. I'm hoping queuing would help me stop all
>> the
>> >> >> > 420 error codes.
>> >>
>> >> >> > The way I'll be implementing this is :
>> >>
>> >> >> > 1. First 420 error occurs, start adding unfollows to Queue
>> >> >> > 2. Queue would try to unfollow, if error, defer for 10s
>> >> >> > 3. Keep doubling the check time till it reaches say 10 minutes
>> >> >> > 4. Keep trying every 10 minutes
>> >>
>> >> >> > I hope this will ease things out and make my app look good to your
>> >> >> > abuse detection algorithm :)
>> >>
>> >> >> > I tried searching but did not get any definite write up. Is it
>> >> >> > advisable to back off even when there are 502/503/500 error? The
>> >> >> > reason I ask is because these errors are quite common and if an
>> app
>> >> >> > really starts backing off on these errors then there would be a
>> lot of
>> >> >> > lag. But I have a feeling not backing off on these errors is one
>> of
>> >> >> > the reasons for the 420 error that my apps encountering, though
>> you
>> >> >> > would be the right person to answer this.
>> >>
>> >> >> > -Nischal
>> >>
>> >> >> > On Apr 7, 6:14 am, nischalshetty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > > Another thing I would like to add is along with these errors I
>> also am
>> >> >> > > getting a lot of 502 and 503 requests. Do they have to do
>> something
>> >> >> > > with this?
>> >>
>> >> >> > > -N
>> >>
>> >> >> > > On Apr 7, 5:58 am, nischalshetty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > > > Even as I wrote this and got my servers back up, the 420
>> errors
>> >> >> > > > started all over again :( Please, can you check on your end
>> using my
>> >> >> > > > app code or something. I can mail you the app id if you want.
>> The
>> >> >> app
>> >> >> > > > is justunfollow.com
>> >>
>> >> >> > > > -N
>> >>
>> >> >> > > > On Apr 7, 5:55 am, nischalshetty <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > > > > > There may be others on the IP address you are using
>> abusing the
>> >> >> system and
>> >> >> > > > > > making you suffer as a result.
>> >>
>> >> >> > > > > Probably but then this had happened twice as I said earlier
>> and
>> >> >> both
>> >> >> > > > > the times none of the api's worked until one of you guys
>> removed
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> > > > > ips from the blacklist.
>> >>
>> >> >> > > > > > Do you get a HTTP status code 420 just for unfollow
>> requests or
>> >> >> is it for
>> >> >> > > > > > all > ...
>> >>
>> >> read more ยป
>> >
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