example of how to rate limit your tmdb queries

ratelimit.py

import time
import requests

def query(query, collection):
    URL = BASE_URL + '/' + collection + '/' + str(query['id'])
    params = {'api_key': KEY}
    if collection == 'tv' or collection == 'movie':
        params = {
            'api_key': KEY,
            'language': 'en-US',
            'append_to_response': 'alternative_titles,content_ratings,credits,external_ids,images',
            'include_image_language': 'en,null'
        }
    r = requests.get(URL, params)
    print('queries left: {}'.format(r.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining']))
    print('Resets at: {}'.format(r.headers['X-RateLimit-Reset']))
    check_rate_limit(r)
    if r.status_code == 200:
        return r.json()
    if r.status_code == 429:
        return 429
    if r.status_code == 404:
        return 404
        
def check_rate_limit(r):
    current_time = time.time()
    if int(r.headers['X-RateLimit-Remaining']) <= 1:
        while int(r.headers['X-RateLimit-Reset']) + 1 > time.time():
            print('waiting...')
            time.sleep(1)