> Hello,

> Perhaps this is already available somewhere and I just missed it in
> the code.

> I'm looking for a way to see the headers that Twitter sends back with
> its response.

> In particular, Twitter sends back X-RateLimit-* headers that would be
> nice to see, as opposed to having to go back and send another
> rate_limit_status request.

> I've made a patch for my own copy of tweepy, which stores the headers
> in the API object; however, I'm not sure if this model would work in
> general, as it's not going to be thread-safe (and I'm not sure if the
> rest of tweepy is threadsafe or not).

> In any case, here's my patch for this.

> --- api.py.ORIG 2010-07-23 06:01:01.205377000 -0700
> +++ api.py      2010-07-23 06:04:45.805750000 -0700
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>          self.retry_delay = retry_delay
>          self.retry_errors = retry_errors
>          self.parser = parser or ModelParser()
> +        self._headers = {}

>      """ statuses/public_timeline """
>      public_timeline = bind_api(
> @@ -692,6 +693,18 @@
>          allowed_param = ['id']
>      )

> +    """ Return the first value of a header received from the last API
> call. Return None if no such header. """
> +    def header(self, header):
> +      if self._headers.has_key(header):
> +        return self._headers[header][0]
> +      return None
> +
> +    """ Return the list of values of a header received from the last
> API call. Return None if no such header. """
> +    def headers(self, header):
> +      if self._headers.has_key(header):
> +        return self._headers[header]
> +      return None
> +
>      """ Internal use only """
>      @staticmethod
>      def _pack_image(filename, max_size):

> --- binder.py.ORIG      2010-06-15 23:48:38.000000000 -0700
> +++ binder.py   2010-07-23 06:00:07.192910000 -0700
> @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
>                              result._api = self.api
>                      else:
>                          cache_result._api = self.api
> +                    self.api._headers = {} # headers are invalid
> after cache!
>                      return cache_result

>              # Continue attempting request until successful
> @@ -165,6 +166,13 @@

>              # Parse the response payload
>              result = self.api.parser.parse(self, resp.read())
> +            headers = {}
> +            for (header,value) in resp.getheaders():
> +              if headers.has_key(header):
> +                headers[header] = headers[header] + (value,)
> +              else:
> +                headers[header] = (value,)
> +            self.api._headers = headers

>              conn.close()

> *bump*

> I'd like to know if this is possible as well.  Specifically, when using
> the GET search API.

> On Friday, July 23, 2010 6:20:26 AM UTC-7, Johnson Earls wrote:

>> Hello,

>> Perhaps this is already available somewhere and I just missed it in
>> the code.

>> I'm looking for a way to see the headers that Twitter sends back with
>> its response.

>> In particular, Twitter sends back X-RateLimit-* headers that would be
>> nice to see, as opposed to having to go back and send another
>> rate_limit_status request.

>> I've made a patch for my own copy of tweepy, which stores the headers
>> in the API object; however, I'm not sure if this model would work in
>> general, as it's not going to be thread-safe (and I'm not sure if the
>> rest of tweepy is threadsafe or not).

>> In any case, here's my patch for this.

>> --- api.py.ORIG 2010-07-23 06:01:01.205377000 -0700
>> +++ api.py      2010-07-23 06:04:45.805750000 -0700
>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>>          self.retry_delay = retry_delay
>>          self.retry_errors = retry_errors
>>          self.parser = parser or ModelParser()
>> +        self._headers = {}

>>      """ statuses/public_timeline """
>>      public_timeline = bind_api(
>> @@ -692,6 +693,18 @@
>>          allowed_param = ['id']
>>      )

>> +    """ Return the first value of a header received from the last API
>> call. Return None if no such header. """
>> +    def header(self, header):
>> +      if self._headers.has_key(header):
>> +        return self._headers[header][0]
>> +      return None
>> +
>> +    """ Return the list of values of a header received from the last
>> API call. Return None if no such header. """
>> +    def headers(self, header):
>> +      if self._headers.has_key(header):
>> +        return self._headers[header]
>> +      return None
>> +
>>      """ Internal use only """
>>      @staticmethod
>>      def _pack_image(filename, max_size):

>> --- binder.py.ORIG      2010-06-15 23:48:38.000000000 -0700
>> +++ binder.py   2010-07-23 06:00:07.192910000 -0700
>> @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
>>                              result._api = self.api
>>                      else:
>>                          cache_result._api = self.api
>> +                    self.api._headers = {} # headers are invalid
>> after cache!
>>                      return cache_result

>>              # Continue attempting request until successful
>> @@ -165,6 +166,13 @@

>>              # Parse the response payload
>>              result = self.api.parser.parse(self, resp.read())
>> +            headers = {}
>> +            for (header,value) in resp.getheaders():
>> +              if headers.has_key(header):
>> +                headers[header] = headers[header] + (value,)
>> +              else:
>> +                headers[header] = (value,)
>> +            self.api._headers = headers

>>              conn.close()