add upload pause to config

default.toml

@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ mastodon_user = ""
 #
 #tweet_delay = 15
 
+# How many seconds to pause between successive uploads of toots.
+# Increase this value if successive tweets appear in the wrong order.
+# Default is 0 (no pause)
+#
+# upload_pause = 5
+
 # Maximum number of toots to post in each run
 # Default is 0 (which means unlimited)
 #

twoot.py

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ def build_config(args):
         'remove_original_tweet_ref': False,
         'tweet_max_age': float(1),
         'tweet_delay': float(0),
+        'upload_pause': float(0),
         'toot_cap': int(0),
         'subst_twitter': [],
         'subst_youtube': [],
@@ -1198,9 +1199,9 @@ def main(argv):
         except MastodonAPIError:
             # Assuming this is an:
             # ERROR ('Mastodon API returned error', 422, 'Unprocessable Entity', 'Cannot attach files that have not finished processing. Try again in a moment!')
-            logging.warning('Mastodon API Error 422: Cannot attach files that have not finished processing. Waiting 60 seconds and retrying.')
-            # Wait 60 seconds
-            time.sleep(60)
+            logging.warning('Mastodon API Error 422: Cannot attach files that have not finished processing. Waiting 30 seconds and retrying.')
+            # Wait 30 seconds
+            time.sleep(30)
             # retry posting
             try:
                 toot = mastodon.status_post(tweet['tweet_text'], media_ids=media_ids)
@@ -1218,7 +1219,7 @@ def main(argv):
             posted_cnt += 1
             logging.debug('Tweet %s posted on %s', tweet['tweet_id'], TOML['config']['mastodon_user'])
             # Test to find out if slowing down successive posting helps with ordering of threads
-            time.sleep(5)
+            time.sleep(TOML['options']['upload_pause'])
 
         # Insert toot id into database
         if 'id' in toot: