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foodie_utils.py

@@ -1204,10 +1204,9 @@ def get_next_author_round_robin():
 def get_x_rate_limit_status(author):
     """
     Check the X API Free tier rate limit by posting a test tweet.
-    Returns (remaining, reset) based on app-level headers (x-rate-limit-remaining, x-rate-limit-reset).
+    Returns (remaining, reset) based on app-level or user-level 24-hour headers.
     Returns (None, None) if the check fails.
     """
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     username = author['username']
     credentials = X_API_CREDENTIALS.get(username)
     if not credentials:
@@ -1223,18 +1222,40 @@ def get_x_rate_limit_status(author):
     url = 'https://api.x.com/2/tweets'
     payload = {'text': f'Test tweet to check rate limits for {username} - please ignore {int(time.time())}'}
 
+    # Add delay to avoid IP-based rate limiting
+    logger.info(f"Waiting 5 seconds before attempting to post for {username}")
+    time.sleep(5)
+
     try:
         response = requests.post(url, json=payload, auth=oauth)
         headers = response.headers
         logger.debug(f"Rate limit headers for {username}: {headers}")
 
-        # Extract app-level rate limit info from headers
+        # Initialize defaults
-        remaining_str = headers.get('x-rate-limit-remaining')
+        remaining = None
-        reset_str = headers.get('x-rate-limit-reset')
+        reset = None
-        if remaining_str is None or reset_str is None:
+        current_time = int(time.time())
-            logger.error(f"Rate limit headers missing for {username}: {headers}")
+
+        if response.status_code == 201:
+            # Extract app-level 24-hour limits
+            remaining_str = headers.get('x-app-limit-24hour-remaining')
+            reset_str = headers.get('x-app-limit-24hour-reset')
+            if remaining_str is None or reset_str is None:
+                logger.error(f"App 24-hour limit headers missing for {username}: {headers}")
+                return None, None
+        elif response.status_code == 429:
+            # Extract user-level 24-hour limits for rate limit exceeded
+            remaining_str = headers.get('x-user-limit-24hour-remaining')
+            reset_str = headers.get('x-user-limit-24hour-reset')
+            if remaining_str is None or reset_str is None:
+                logger.error(f"User 24-hour limit headers missing for {username}: {headers}")
+                return None, None
+            logger.info(f"Rate limit exceeded for {username}")
+        else:
+            logger.error(f"Unexpected response for {username}: {response.status_code} - {response.text}")
             return None, None
 
+        # Parse headers
         try:
             remaining = int(remaining_str)
             reset = int(reset_str)
@@ -1248,7 +1269,6 @@ def get_x_rate_limit_status(author):
             remaining = min(remaining, 17)
 
         # Ensure reset is in the future
-        current_time = int(time.time())
         if reset <= current_time or reset > current_time + 2 * 86400:  # Allow up to 48 hours
             logger.warning(f"Invalid reset time {reset} ({datetime.fromtimestamp(reset, tz=timezone.utc)}) for {username}. Setting to 24 hours from now.")
             reset = current_time + 86400  # 24 hours
@@ -1263,28 +1283,20 @@ def get_x_rate_limit_status(author):
                     logger.info(f"Successfully deleted test tweet {tweet_id} for {username}")
                 else:
                     logger.warning(f"Failed to delete test tweet {tweet_id} for {username}: {delete_response.status_code} - {delete_response.text}")
-            logger.info(f"Rate limit for {username}: {remaining} remaining, reset at {datetime.fromtimestamp(reset, tz=timezone.utc)}")
+
-            return remaining, reset
+        logger.info(f"Rate limit for {username}: {remaining} remaining, reset at {datetime.fromtimestamp(reset, tz=timezone.utc)}")
-        elif response.status_code == 429:
+        return remaining, reset
-            logger.info(f"Rate limit exceeded for {username}: {remaining} remaining, reset at {datetime.fromtimestamp(reset, tz=timezone.utc)}")
-            return remaining, reset
-        elif response.status_code == 403:
-            logger.warning(f"403 Forbidden for {username}: {response.text}, rate limit info: {remaining} remaining, reset at {datetime.fromtimestamp(reset, tz=timezone.utc)}")
-            return remaining, reset
-        else:
-            logger.error(f"Unexpected response for {username}: {response.status_code} - {response.text}")
-            return None, None
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Unexpected error fetching X rate limit for {username}: {e}", exc_info=True)
         return None, None
+
 def check_author_rate_limit(author, max_tweets=17, tweet_window_seconds=86400):
     """
-    Check if an author can post based on their X API Free tier quota (17 tweets per 24 hours per app).
+    Check if an author can post based on their X API Free tier quota (17 tweets per 24 hours per user).
     Posts a test tweet only on script restart or for new authors, then tracks tweets in rate_limit_info.json.
     Returns (can_post, remaining, reset_timestamp) where can_post is True if tweets are available.
     """
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     rate_limit_file = '/home/shane/foodie_automator/rate_limit_info.json'
     current_time = time.time()
 
@@ -1336,22 +1348,14 @@ def check_author_rate_limit(author, max_tweets=17, tweet_window_seconds=86400):
                 reset = current_time + tweet_window_seconds
                 logger.warning(f"Test tweet failed for {username}, resetting quota to {max_tweets}")
         else:
-            # Only update remaining if the API reset time is newer and valid
+            remaining = min(remaining, max_tweets)  # Ensure within Free tier limit
-            if api_reset > author_info.get('tweet_reset', 0) and api_reset > current_time:
+            reset = api_reset
-                logger.info(f"Updating quota for {username} from API: {remaining} remaining, reset at {datetime.fromtimestamp(api_reset, tz=timezone.utc)}")
-                author_info['tweet_remaining'] = remaining
-                author_info['tweet_reset'] = api_reset
-            else:
-                logger.info(f"Retaining previous quota for {username}: {author_info['tweet_remaining']} remaining")
-                remaining = author_info['tweet_remaining']
-                # Keep the existing reset time (from quota reset or previous state)
-                reset = author_info['tweet_reset']
 
         # Update author info
-        author_info['tweets_posted_in_run'] = 0
-        author_info['script_run_id'] = check_author_rate_limit.script_run_id
         author_info['tweet_remaining'] = remaining
         author_info['tweet_reset'] = reset
+        author_info['tweets_posted_in_run'] = 0
+        author_info['script_run_id'] = check_author_rate_limit.script_run_id
         rate_limit_info[username] = author_info
         save_json_file(rate_limit_file, rate_limit_info)