New antiflood function

telebot/util.py

@@ -455,3 +455,25 @@ def webhook_google_functions(bot, request):
             return 'Bot FAIL', 400
     else:
         return 'Bot ON'
+
+def antiflood(function, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Use this function inside loops in order to avoid getting TooManyRequests error.
+    Example:
+
+    from telebot.util import antiflood
+    for chat_id in chat_id_list:
+        msg = antiflood(bot.send_message, chat_id, text)
+        
+    You want get the
+    """
+    from telebot.apihelper import ApiTelegramException
+    from time import sleep
+    try:
+        msg = function(*args, **kwargs)
+    except ApiTelegramException as ex:
+        if ex.error_code == 429:
+            sleep(ex.result_json['parameters']['retry_after'])
+            msg = function(*args, **kwargs)
+    finally:
+        return msg

tests/test_telebot.py

@@ -455,6 +455,13 @@ class TestTeleBot:
         new_msg = tb.edit_message_reply_markup(chat_id=CHAT_ID, message_id=ret_msg.message_id, reply_markup=markup)
         assert new_msg.message_id
 
+    def test_antiflood(self):
+        text = "Flooding"
+        tb = telebot.TeleBot(TOKEN)
+        for _ in range(0,100):
+            util.antiflood(tb.send_message, CHAT_ID, text)
+        assert _
+
     @staticmethod
     def create_text_message(text):
         params = {'text': text}