From a09dd8153ca774f267aedf9f066e0a4a4033f749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Rodriguez <rod.cam2014+dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 08:28:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] reduced app cycle to 15 seconds
---
README.md | 4 ++--
xkcd_alt.py | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59a5a15..255c2b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Make all other modifications to the accounts you would like to interact with, an
You will need the [Requests](http://www.python-requests.org/en/latest/), [Requests-OAuthlib](https://requests-oauthlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), and [BeautifulSoup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/) libraries. If you have [Pipenv](https://pipenv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), you can install them by running the command ```pipenv install``` inside the folder; otherwise, run ```pip install -r requirements.txt```.
-Add your API keys and access tokens to your environmental variables by following [these instructions](https://java.com/en/download/help/path.xml). Then, just run ```python xkcd_alt.py``` in your command line and let it run! The bot respects the Twitter API limits, and will run every 60 seconds as long as the command line is open.
+Add your API keys and access tokens to your environmental variables by following [these instructions](https://java.com/en/download/help/path.xml). Then, just run ```python xkcd_alt.py``` in your command line and let it run! The bot respects the Twitter API limits, and will run every 15 seconds as long as the command line is open.
### --> Running on Heroku
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ $ git push heroku master
$ heroku ps:scale worker=1
```
-You should also install the [Logentries addon](https://elements.heroku.com/addons/logentries) to notify yourself of errors or crashes. The standard pattern for error messages is ```Entering log protection mode.```
+The program will now run once every 15 seconds. You should also install the [Logentries addon](https://elements.heroku.com/addons/logentries) to notify yourself of errors or crashes. The standard pattern for error messages is ```Entering log protection mode.```
## Forks and Contributing
diff --git a/xkcd_alt.py b/xkcd_alt.py
index 7fcd4fb..e4dcf33 100644
--- a/xkcd_alt.py
+++ b/xkcd_alt.py
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ while True: # Initialize main account loop
if original_tweet == 'crash':
crash()
elif original_tweet is None:
- print('No new comics found. Sleeping for 60 seconds...')
- time.sleep(60)
+ print('No new comics found. Sleeping for 15 seconds...')
+ time.sleep(15)
continue
else: # Retrieve text
[body, num_tweets] = retrieve_text(original_tweet['entities']['urls'][0]['expanded_url'])
@@ -228,6 +228,6 @@ while True: # Initialize main account loop
else: # Successful Tweet
del result
- print('Sleeping for 60 seconds...')
- time.sleep(60)
+ print('Sleeping for 15 seconds...')
+ time.sleep(15)
continue
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