add time delay between toots

config-example.json

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   },
   "settings": {
     "days": 1,
+    "delay": 5,
     "dryrun": true,
     "databasefilepath": "tootbot.db"
   }

tootbot.py

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import requests
 import re
 import sqlite3
 import html2text
-from datetime import datetime, date, time, timedelta
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, date, timedelta
 
 
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ soupuser = config['sources']['soup']['user']
 
 dryrun = config['settings']['dryrun']
 days = config['settings']['days']
+delay = config['settings']['delay']
 
 
 # sqlite db to store processed tweets (and corresponding toots ids)
@@ -157,9 +159,10 @@ for p in reversed(t.entries):
                 print('database execution failed.')
                 print('p.id: ', p.id)
                 print('toot.id: ', toot.id)
-
         else:
             print('Dryrun: not posting toot and not adding it to database')
+        print('waiting %s seconds ...' % delay)
+        time.sleep(delay)
         print('------------------------')
 
 
@@ -287,5 +290,6 @@ for p in reversed(s.entries):
                     print( '--> ',  p.id, ' posted!')
             else:
                 print('Dryrun: not posting toot and not adding it to database')
-
+        print('waiting %s seconds ...' % delay)
+        time.sleep(delay)
         print('------------------------')