"""Mechanisms to regulate the read and write rate to wiki servers.
This module defines the :class:`Throttle` class, which ensures that
automated access to wiki servers adheres to responsible rate limits. It
avoids overloading the servers by introducing configurable delays
between requests, and coordinates these limits across processes using a
shared control file ``throttle.ctrl``.
It supports both read and write throttling, automatic adjustment based
on the number of concurrent bot instances, and optional lag-aware delays.
"""
#
# (C) Pywikibot team, 2008-2025
#
# Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
#
from __future__ import annotations
import itertools
import threading
import time
from collections import Counter
from contextlib import suppress
from hashlib import blake2b
from typing import NamedTuple
import pywikibot
from pywikibot import config
from pywikibot.backports import Counter as CounterType
from pywikibot.tools import deprecate_positionals, deprecated, deprecated_args
FORMAT_LINE = '{module_id} {pid} {time} {site}\n'
pid: bool | int = False
"""Global process identifier.
When the first Throttle is instantiated, it will set this variable to a
positive integer, which will apply to all throttle objects created by
this process.
"""
[docs]
class ProcEntry(NamedTuple):
"""ProcEntry namedtuple."""
module_id: str
pid: int
time: int
site: str
[docs]
class Throttle:
"""Control rate of access to wiki server.
Calling this object blocks the calling thread until at least
`'delay'` seconds have passed since the previous call.
Each Site initiates one Throttle object (`site.throttle`) to control
the rate of access.
:param site: site or sitename for this Throttle. If site is an empty
string, it will not be written to the throttle.ctrl file.
:param mindelay: The minimal delay, also used for read access
:param maxdelay: The maximal delay
:param writedelay: The write delay
"""
# Check throttle file again after this many seconds:
checkdelay: int = 300
# The number of seconds entries of a process need to be counted
expiry: int = 600
def __init__(self, site: pywikibot.site.BaseSite | str, *,
mindelay: int | None = None,
maxdelay: int | None = None,
writedelay: int | float | None = None) -> None:
"""Initializer."""
self.lock = threading.RLock()
self.lock_write = threading.RLock()
self.lock_read = threading.RLock()
self.mysite = str(site)
self.ctrlfilename = config.datafilepath('throttle.ctrl')
self.mindelay = mindelay or config.minthrottle
self.maxdelay = maxdelay or config.maxthrottle
self.writedelay = writedelay or config.put_throttle
self.last_read = 0.0
self.last_write = 0.0
self.retry_after = 0 # set by http.request
self.delay = 0
self.checktime = 0.0
self.modules: CounterType[str] = Counter()
self.checkMultiplicity()
self.set_delays()
@property
@deprecated(since='10.3.0')
def next_multiplicity(self) -> float:
"""Factor to scale delay time based on upcoming request size.
.. deprecated:: 10.3.0
"""
return 1.0
@next_multiplicity.setter
@deprecated(since='10.3.0')
def next_multiplicity(self, value: float) -> None:
"""Setter for delay scaling factor for the next request.
.. deprecated:: 10.3.0
This property has no effect and is retained for backward
compatibility.
"""
@property
@deprecated('expiry', since='8.4.0')
def dropdelay(self):
"""Ignore processes that have not made a check in this many seconds.
.. deprecated:: 8.4
use *expiry* instead.
"""
return self.expiry
@property
@deprecated('expiry', since='8.4.0')
def releasepid(self):
"""Free the process id after this many seconds.
.. deprecated:: 8.4
use *expiry* instead.
"""
return self.expiry
@staticmethod
def _module_hash(module=None) -> str:
"""Convert called module name to a hash."""
if module is None:
module = pywikibot.calledModuleName()
module = module.encode()
hashobj = blake2b(module, digest_size=2)
return hashobj.hexdigest()
def _read_file(self, raise_exc: bool = False):
"""Yield process entries from file."""
try:
with open(self.ctrlfilename) as f:
lines = f.readlines()
except OSError:
if raise_exc and pid:
raise
return
for line in lines:
# parse line; format is "module_id pid timestamp site"
try:
_id, _pid, _time, _site = line.split(' ')
proc_entry = ProcEntry(
module_id=_id,
pid=int(_pid),
time=int(float(_time)),
site=_site.rstrip()
)
except (IndexError, ValueError): # pragma: no cover
# Sometimes the file gets corrupted ignore that line
continue
yield proc_entry
def _write_file(self, processes) -> None:
"""Write process entries to file."""
if not isinstance(processes, list):
processes = list(processes)
processes.sort(key=lambda p: (p.pid, p.site))
with suppress(IOError), open(self.ctrlfilename, 'w') as f:
for p in processes:
f.write(FORMAT_LINE.format_map(p._asdict()))
[docs]
def checkMultiplicity(self) -> None:
"""Count running processes for site and set process_multiplicity.
.. versionchanged:: 7.0
process is not written to throttle.ctrl file if site is empty.
"""
global pid
mysite = self.mysite
pywikibot.debug(f'Checking multiplicity: pid = {pid}')
with self.lock:
processes = []
used_pids = set()
count = 1
now = time.time()
for proc in self._read_file(raise_exc=True):
used_pids.add(proc.pid)
if now - proc.time > self.expiry:
continue # process has expired, drop from file
if proc.site == mysite and proc.pid != pid:
count += 1
if proc.site != mysite or proc.pid != pid:
processes.append(proc)
free_pid = (i for i in itertools.count(start=1)
if i not in used_pids)
if not pid:
pid = next(free_pid)
self.checktime = time.time()
processes.append(
ProcEntry(module_id=self._module_hash(), pid=pid,
time=self.checktime, site=mysite))
self.modules = Counter(p.module_id for p in processes)
if not mysite:
del processes[-1]
self._write_file(sorted(processes, key=lambda p: p.pid))
self.process_multiplicity = count
pywikibot.log(f'Found {count} {mysite} processes running,'
' including this one.')
[docs]
@deprecated('set_delays', since='10.3.0')
def setDelays(
self,
delay=None,
writedelay=None,
absolute: bool = False
) -> None:
"""Set the nominal delays in seconds.
.. deprecated:: 10.3.0
Use :meth:`set_delays` instead.
"""
self.set_delays(delay=delay, writedelay=writedelay, absolute=absolute)
[docs]
def set_delays(
self, *,
delay=None,
writedelay=None,
absolute: bool = False
) -> None:
"""Set the nominal delays in seconds.
Defaults to config values.
.. versionadded:: 10.3.0
Renamed from :meth:`setDelays`.
"""
with self.lock:
delay = delay or self.mindelay
writedelay = writedelay or config.put_throttle
if absolute:
self.maxdelay = delay
self.mindelay = delay
self.delay = delay
self.writedelay = min(max(self.mindelay, writedelay),
self.maxdelay)
# Start the delay count now, not at the next check
self.last_read = self.last_write = time.time()
[docs]
@deprecated('get_delay', since='10.3.0')
def getDelay(self, write: bool = False) -> float:
"""Return the current delay, adjusted for active processes.
.. deprecated:: 10.3.0
Use :meth:`get_delay` instead.
"""
return self.get_delay(write=write)
[docs]
def get_delay(self, *, write: bool = False) -> float:
"""Return the current delay, adjusted for active processes.
Compute the delay for a read or write operation, factoring in
process concurrency. This method does not account for how much
time has already passed since the last access — use
:meth:`waittime` for that.
.. versionadded:: 10.3.0
Renamed from :meth:`getDelay`.
:param write: Whether the operation is a write (uses writedelay).
:return: The delay in seconds before the next operation should
occur.
"""
current_delay = self.writedelay if write else self.delay
# Refresh process count if the check interval has elapsed
if time.time() > self.checktime + self.checkdelay:
self.checkMultiplicity()
current_delay = max(self.mindelay, min(current_delay, self.maxdelay))
return current_delay * self.process_multiplicity
[docs]
def waittime(self, write: bool = False):
"""Return waiting time in seconds.
The result is for a query that would be made right now.
"""
# Take the previous requestsize in account calculating the desired
# delay this time
thisdelay = self.get_delay(write=write)
now = time.time()
ago = now - (self.last_write if write else self.last_read)
return max(0.0, thisdelay - ago)
[docs]
def drop(self) -> None:
"""Remove me from the list of running bot processes."""
# drop all throttles with this process's pid, regardless of site
self.checktime = 0
now = time.time()
processes = [p for p in self._read_file()
if now - p.time <= self.expiry and p.pid != pid]
self._write_file(processes)
[docs]
@staticmethod
def wait(seconds: int | float) -> None:
"""Wait for seconds seconds.
Announce the delay if it exceeds a preset limit.
"""
if seconds <= 0:
return
message = 'Sleeping for {seconds:.1f} seconds, {now}' \
.format_map({
'seconds': seconds,
'now': time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
time.localtime())})
if seconds > config.noisysleep:
pywikibot.info(message)
else:
pywikibot.log(message)
time.sleep(seconds)
@deprecated_args(requestsize=None) # since: 10.3.0
@deprecate_positionals(since='10.3.0')
def __call__(self, *, requestsize: int = 1, write: bool = False) -> None:
"""Apply throttling based on delay rules and request type.
This method blocks the calling thread if the minimum delay has
not yet elapsed since the last read or write operation.
.. versionchanged:: 10.3.0
The *write* parameter is now keyword-only.
.. deprecated:: 10.3.0
The *requestsize* parameter has no effect and will be removed
in a future release.
:param requestsize: Number of pages to be read or written.
Deprecated since 10.3.0. No longer affects throttling.
:param write: Whether the operation involves writing to the site.
Write operations use a separate delay timer and lock.
"""
lock = self.lock_write if write else self.lock_read
with lock:
wait = self.waittime(write=write)
self.wait(wait)
now = time.time()
if write:
self.last_write = now
else:
self.last_read = now
[docs]
def lag(self, lagtime: float | None = None) -> None:
"""Seize the throttle lock due to server lag.
Usually the `self.retry-after` value from `response_header` of the
last request if available which will be used for wait time.
Otherwise `lagtime` from api `maxlag` is used. If neither
`self.retry_after` nor `lagtime` is set, fallback to
`config.retry_wait`.
If the `lagtime` is disproportionately high compared to
`self.retry_after` value, the wait time will be increased.
This method is used by `api.request`. It will prevent any thread
from accessing this site.
:param lagtime: The time to wait for the next request which is
the last `maxlag` time from api warning. This is only used
as a fallback if `self.retry_after` isn't set.
"""
started = time.time()
with self.lock:
waittime = lagtime or config.retry_wait
if self.retry_after:
waittime = max(self.retry_after, waittime / 5)
# wait not more than retry_max seconds
delay = min(waittime, config.retry_max)
# account for any time we waited while acquiring the lock
wait = delay - (time.time() - started)
self.wait(wait)
[docs]
def get_pid(self, module: str) -> int:
"""Get the global pid if the module is running multiple times."""
return pid if self.modules[self._module_hash(module)] > 1 else 0