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dexaai · Feb 21, 2024 · f88544b · f88544b
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diff --git a/bin/index.ts b/bin/index.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ async function main() {
     (process.env.ANSWER_ENGINE as types.AnswerEngineType) ?? 'openai'
   validateAnswerEngine(answerEngine)
 
+  if (config.twitterApiPlan === 'free') {
+    throw new Error(
+      `This bot does not support the "free" twitter API plan. You'll need to upgrade to at least the "basic" plan in order to run this bot.`
+    )
+  }
+
   let twitterClient = await getTwitterClient()
   const { data: user } = await twitterClient.users.findMyUser()
 

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 ## Configuring the bot
 
-You'll need a Twitter developer account and a Twitter an app with OAuth 2.0 enabled.
+You'll need a Twitter developer account and a Twitter an app with OAuth 2.0 enabled. You must have at least the basic Twitter API plan in order to run this bot; **the free tier is not supported** (it doesn't support fetching tweets which is required for this bot to work).
 
 Set up a `.env` file by copying `.env.example` and initializing all required environment variables.
 

diff --git a/src/twitter.ts b/src/twitter.ts
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ const twitterApiRateLimitsByPlan: Record<
 
     // TODO: according to the twitter docs, this shouldn't be allowed on the
     // free plan, but it seems to work...
-    usersIdMentions: { limit: 180, interval: FIFTEEN_MINUTES_MS },
+    usersIdMentions: { limit: 1, interval: FIFTEEN_MINUTES_MS },
 
     // TODO: according to the twitter docs, this shouldn't be allowed on the
     // free plan, but it seems to work...
-    findTweetById: { limit: 15, interval: FIFTEEN_MINUTES_MS },
+    findTweetById: { limit: 1, interval: FIFTEEN_MINUTES_MS },
 
     // TODO: according to the twitter docs, this shouldn't be allowed on the
     // free plan, but it seems to work...
-    findTweetsById: { limit: 15, interval: FIFTEEN_MINUTES_MS }
+    findTweetsById: { limit: 1, interval: FIFTEEN_MINUTES_MS }
   },
 
   basic: {