If twitter is waiting on rate limit exceeded, it doesn't block the rest anymore.

retweetbot.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
             self.no_shutdown_contact = True
         self.last_mention = self.get_history(self.historypath)
         self.trigger = trigger
+        self.waitcounter = 0
         if logpath:
             self.logpath = logpath
         else:
@@ -118,6 +119,17 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
         with open(self.historypath, "w") as f:
             f.write(str(self.last_mention))
 
+    def waiting(self):
+        """
+        If the counter is not 0, you should be waiting instead.
+
+        :return: self.waitcounter(int): if 0, do smth.
+        """
+        if self.waitcounter > 0:
+            sleep(1)
+            self.waitcounter -= 1
+        return self.waitcounter
+
     def format_mastodon(self, status):
         """
         Bridge your Retweets to mastodon.
@@ -136,16 +148,17 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
 
         :return: list of Status objects
         """
-        while 1:
         try:
+            if not self.waiting():
                 mentions = self.api.GetMentions(since_id=self.last_mention)
                 return mentions
         except twitter.TwitterError:
             self.log("Twitter API Error: Rate Limit Exceeded.")
-                sleep(120)
+            self.waitcounter += 60*15
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
             self.log("Twitter API Error: Bad Connection.")
-                sleep(10)
+            self.waitcounter += 10
+        return None
 
     def retweet(self, status):
         """
@@ -203,6 +216,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
         mentions = self.crawl_mentions()
         mastodon = []
 
+        if mentions is not None:
             for status in mentions:
                 # Is the Text of the Tweet in the triggerlist?
                 if self.trigger.is_ok(status.text):