From ab94df5a1ca4773ab684eb6b97966b316beaa8fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daan Wynen <black.puppydog@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 02:30:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't create shortened links for things we know we're not
 gonna post anyway.

---
 feed2twister.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/feed2twister.py b/feed2twister.py
index 90ea0dc..1133d3d 100755
--- a/feed2twister.py
+++ b/feed2twister.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def main(max_items):
         feed = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
         n_items = 0
 
-        for e in feed.entries:
+        for i, e in enumerate(feed.entries):
             eid = '{0}|{1}'.format(feed_url,e.id)
 
             if db.has_key(eid) and not args.repost_existing:  # been there, done that (or not - for a reason)
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ def main(max_items):
 
                 n_items+=1
 
+                if n_items >= max_items:
+                    logging.warn(u'Quota reached. Skipping {0} items:'.format(len(feed.entries[i+1:])))
+                    for ee in feed.entries[i+1:]:
+                        logging.warn(u'    {0}|{1}'.format(feed_url, ee.id))
+                    break
 
 
 if __name__=='__main__':