HTTP Error 403: rate limit exceeded

[ynanyam]

We are experiencing HTTP Error 403 issues which is preventing us from using PGAP.

Even simple commands like pgap.py --list return that error.

Any possible issues with API limits imposed by Github? --no-internet and --no-self-update doesn't seem to help either.

$ pgap.py --list -d
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pgap.py", line 838, in <module>
    main()
  File "pgap.py", line 804, in main
    params = Setup(args)
  File "pgap.py", line 446, in __init__
    self.remote_versions = self.get_remote_versions()
  File "pgap.py", line 510, in get_remote_versions
    response = urlopen('https://api.github.com/repos/ncbi/pgap/releases/latest')
  File "/software/7/apps/python_3/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 223, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/software/7/apps/python_3/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 532, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/software/7/apps/python_3/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 642, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/software/7/apps/python_3/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 570, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/software/7/apps/python_3/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/software/7/apps/python_3/3.6.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 650, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: rate limit exceeded

-- Yash

[whlavina]

Thank you for the report. Indeed, the code should respect rate limits on API calls, and should avoid those calls altogether if requested to avoid internet access. This should be a reasonably easy fix; we'll work on it.

[whlavina]

We have implemented a fix, which should make it into the next release. I am closing this issue. Thanks for your feedback!