Add rate limit handling and RateLimitInfo (#15)

* Add rate limit handling: parse 429 response body and expose rate limit headers

TangoRateLimitError now exposes wait_in_seconds, detail, and limit_type
properties from the API's 429 response. TangoClient parses X-RateLimit-*
headers on every response and exposes them via the rate_limit_info property.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Bump to v0.4.3 with changelog for rate limit handling

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: vdavez

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.4.3] - 2026-03-21
+
+### Added
+- `TangoRateLimitError` now exposes `wait_in_seconds`, `detail`, and `limit_type` properties parsed from the API's 429 response body.
+- `RateLimitInfo` dataclass for structured access to rate limit headers (`X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining`, `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and per-window daily/burst variants).
+- `TangoClient.rate_limit_info` property returns rate limit info from the most recent API response.
+
+### Changed
+- `_request` now passes the full 429 response body to `TangoRateLimitError` (previously discarded), enabling callers to access `wait_in_seconds` and the specific limit type that was exceeded.
+
 ## [0.4.2] - 2026-03-04
 
 ### Added

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "tango-python"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 description = "Python SDK for the Tango API"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

tango/__init__.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from .models import (
     GsaElibraryContract,
     PaginatedResponse,
+    RateLimitInfo,
     SearchFilters,
     ShapeConfig,
     WebhookEndpoint,
@@ -27,14 +28,15 @@
     TypeGenerator,
 )
 
-__version__ = "0.4.1"
+__version__ = "0.4.3"
 __all__ = [
     "TangoClient",
     "TangoAPIError",
     "TangoAuthError",
     "TangoNotFoundError",
     "TangoValidationError",
     "TangoRateLimitError",
+    "RateLimitInfo",
     "GsaElibraryContract",
     "PaginatedResponse",
     "SearchFilters",

tango/client.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     Organization,
     PaginatedResponse,
     Protest,
+    RateLimitInfo,
     SearchFilters,
     ShapeConfig,
     Subaward,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
             headers["X-API-KEY"] = self.api_key
 
         self.client = httpx.Client(headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
+        self._last_rate_limit_info: RateLimitInfo | None = None
 
         # Use hardcoded sensible defaults
         cache_size = 100
@@ -98,6 +100,34 @@ def __init__(
     # Core HTTP Request Utilities
     # ============================================================================
 
+    @property
+    def rate_limit_info(self) -> RateLimitInfo | None:
+        """Rate limit info from the most recent API response."""
+        return self._last_rate_limit_info
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_rate_limit_headers(headers: httpx.Headers) -> RateLimitInfo:
+        """Extract rate limit info from response headers."""
+        def _int_or_none(val: str | None) -> int | None:
+            if val is None:
+                return None
+            try:
+                return int(val)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                return None
+
+        return RateLimitInfo(
+            limit=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Limit")),
+            remaining=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Remaining")),
+            reset=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Reset")),
+            daily_limit=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Daily-Limit")),
+            daily_remaining=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Daily-Remaining")),
+            daily_reset=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Daily-Reset")),
+            burst_limit=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Burst-Limit")),
+            burst_remaining=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Burst-Remaining")),
+            burst_reset=_int_or_none(headers.get("X-RateLimit-Burst-Reset")),
+        )
+
     def _request(
         self,
         method: str,
@@ -110,6 +140,7 @@ def _request(
 
         try:
             response = self.client.request(method=method, url=url, params=params, json=json_data)
+            self._last_rate_limit_info = self._parse_rate_limit_headers(response.headers)
 
             if response.status_code == 401:
                 raise TangoAuthError(
@@ -136,7 +167,9 @@ def _request(
                     error_data,
                 )
             elif response.status_code == 429:
-                raise TangoRateLimitError("Rate limit exceeded", response.status_code)
+                error_data = response.json() if response.content else {}
+                detail = error_data.get("detail", "Rate limit exceeded")
+                raise TangoRateLimitError(detail, response.status_code, error_data)
             elif not response.is_success:
                 raise TangoAPIError(
                     f"API request failed with status {response.status_code}", response.status_code

tango/exceptions.py

@@ -39,7 +39,34 @@ class TangoValidationError(TangoAPIError):
 class TangoRateLimitError(TangoAPIError):
     """Rate limit exceeded error"""
 
-    pass
+    @property
+    def wait_in_seconds(self) -> int | None:
+        """Seconds to wait before retrying, from API response."""
+        val = self.response_data.get("wait_in_seconds")
+        if val is not None:
+            try:
+                return int(val)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                return None
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def detail(self) -> str | None:
+        """Human-readable detail from API response."""
+        return self.response_data.get("detail")
+
+    @property
+    def limit_type(self) -> str | None:
+        """Which limit was hit: 'burst' or 'daily', parsed from detail."""
+        d = self.detail
+        if not d:
+            return None
+        lower = d.lower()
+        if "burst" in lower or "minute" in lower:
+            return "burst"
+        if "daily" in lower or "day" in lower:
+            return "daily"
+        return None
 
 
 class ShapeError(TangoAPIError):

tango/models.py

@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@
 # ============================================================================
 
 
+@dataclass
+class RateLimitInfo:
+    """Rate limit information from API response headers."""
+
+    limit: int | None = None
+    remaining: int | None = None
+    reset: int | None = None
+    daily_limit: int | None = None
+    daily_remaining: int | None = None
+    daily_reset: int | None = None
+    burst_limit: int | None = None
+    burst_remaining: int | None = None
+    burst_reset: int | None = None
+
+
 @dataclass
 class SearchFilters:
     """Search filter parameters for contract search

tests/test_client.py

@@ -1065,10 +1065,16 @@ def test_400_validation_error_no_content(self, mock_request):
 
     @patch("tango.client.httpx.Client.request")
     def test_429_rate_limit_error(self, mock_request):
-        """Test 429 Rate Limit raises TangoRateLimitError"""
+        """Test 429 Rate Limit raises TangoRateLimitError with parsed body"""
         mock_response = Mock()
         mock_response.is_success = False
         mock_response.status_code = 429
+        mock_response.content = b'{"detail": "Rate limit exceeded for burst. Please try again in 45 seconds.", "wait_in_seconds": 45}'
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {
+            "detail": "Rate limit exceeded for burst. Please try again in 45 seconds.",
+            "wait_in_seconds": 45,
+        }
+        mock_response.headers = {}
         mock_request.return_value = mock_response
 
         client = TangoClient(api_key="test-key")
@@ -1077,6 +1083,85 @@ def test_429_rate_limit_error(self, mock_request):
             client.list_agencies()
 
         assert exc_info.value.status_code == 429
+        assert exc_info.value.wait_in_seconds == 45
+        assert "burst" in exc_info.value.detail
+        assert exc_info.value.limit_type == "burst"
+
+    @patch("tango.client.httpx.Client.request")
+    def test_429_daily_limit_error(self, mock_request):
+        """Test 429 for daily limit includes correct limit_type"""
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.is_success = False
+        mock_response.status_code = 429
+        mock_response.content = b'{"detail": "Rate limit exceeded for daily. Please try again in 3600 seconds.", "wait_in_seconds": 3600}'
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {
+            "detail": "Rate limit exceeded for daily. Please try again in 3600 seconds.",
+            "wait_in_seconds": 3600,
+        }
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_request.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = TangoClient(api_key="test-key")
+
+        with pytest.raises(TangoRateLimitError) as exc_info:
+            client.list_agencies()
+
+        assert exc_info.value.limit_type == "daily"
+        assert exc_info.value.wait_in_seconds == 3600
+
+    @patch("tango.client.httpx.Client.request")
+    def test_429_empty_body(self, mock_request):
+        """Test 429 with no content body still works"""
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.is_success = False
+        mock_response.status_code = 429
+        mock_response.content = None
+        mock_response.headers = {}
+        mock_request.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = TangoClient(api_key="test-key")
+
+        with pytest.raises(TangoRateLimitError) as exc_info:
+            client.list_agencies()
+
+        assert exc_info.value.status_code == 429
+        assert exc_info.value.wait_in_seconds is None
+        assert exc_info.value.limit_type is None
+
+    @patch("tango.client.httpx.Client.request")
+    def test_rate_limit_headers_parsed(self, mock_request):
+        """Test rate limit headers are parsed from successful responses"""
+        mock_response = Mock()
+        mock_response.is_success = True
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.content = b'{"results": []}'
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"results": []}
+        mock_response.headers = {
+            "X-RateLimit-Limit": "100",
+            "X-RateLimit-Remaining": "95",
+            "X-RateLimit-Reset": "45",
+            "X-RateLimit-Daily-Limit": "2400",
+            "X-RateLimit-Daily-Remaining": "2350",
+            "X-RateLimit-Daily-Reset": "86400",
+            "X-RateLimit-Burst-Limit": "100",
+            "X-RateLimit-Burst-Remaining": "95",
+            "X-RateLimit-Burst-Reset": "45",
+        }
+        mock_request.return_value = mock_response
+
+        client = TangoClient(api_key="test-key")
+        assert client.rate_limit_info is None
+
+        client._request("GET", "/api/agencies/")
+
+        info = client.rate_limit_info
+        assert info is not None
+        assert info.limit == 100
+        assert info.remaining == 95
+        assert info.reset == 45
+        assert info.daily_limit == 2400
+        assert info.daily_remaining == 2350
+        assert info.burst_remaining == 95
 
     @patch("tango.client.httpx.Client.request")
     def test_500_server_error(self, mock_request):