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slacker.Error: limit_required #234

@Johboh

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@Johboh

Hi!
After upgrading to 1.0.1, I get the following error when starting the bot:

bot_1     | Traceback (most recent call last):
bot_1     |   File "run.py", line 9, in <module>
bot_1     |     main()
bot_1     |   File "run.py", line 5, in main
bot_1     |     bot = Bot()
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slackbot/bot.py", line 20, in __init__
bot_1     |     self._client = SlackClient(
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slackbot/slackclient.py", line 60, in __init__
bot_1     |     self.rtm_connect()
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slackbot/slackclient.py", line 65, in rtm_connect
bot_1     |     self.parse_slack_login_data(reply)
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slackbot/slackclient.py", line 87, in parse_slack_login_data
bot_1     |     self.parse_user_data(self.list_users())
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slackbot/slackclient.py", line 78, in list_users
bot_1     |     return webapi_generic_list(self.webapi, 'users', 'members')
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slackbot/slackclient.py", line 30, in webapi_generic_list
bot_1     |     response = getattr(webapi, resource_key).list(**args)
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slacker/__init__.py", line 331, in list
bot_1     |     return self.get('users.list', params={'presence': int(presence)})
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slacker/__init__.py", line 118, in get
bot_1     |     return self._request(
bot_1     |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/slacker/__init__.py", line 102, in _request
bot_1     |     raise Error(response.error)
bot_1     | slacker.Error: limit_required

Looking at the slack API under the limit parameter, it says:

 If the collection is too large you may experience limit_required or HTTP 500 errors.

So I assume that the slack workspace I'm trying to use this bot on has too many users (~11000).
Before version 1.0.0 started to fail at login, the 1.0.0 version did work well without any need for a limit (but new users has joined since then and might have hit the upper limit).

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