Reduce sleep time for first request

rylans · Jan 30, 2015 · 05d8489 · 05d8489
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commit 05d8489
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diff --git a/hnapi/connectors/api_connector.py b/hnapi/connectors/api_connector.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def request(self, url):
         ex = RuntimeError()
         while this_try < self.max_retries:
             try:
-                sleep_time = self.backoff_multiplier * (2**this_try)
+                sleep_time = self.backoff_multiplier * ((2**this_try) - 1)
                 self.logger.debug("Sleeping for %s seconds", str(sleep_time))
                 time.sleep(sleep_time)
                 return self.__request(url)