custom backoff timer

main.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 		stop <- true
 	}()
 
-	nun := newNunWatch(stop, matrixClient)
+	nun := newNunWatch(stop, matrixClient, 2)
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 

nun.go

@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ type nunWatch struct {
 	curPost post
 	stop    chan bool
 	client  *mautrix.Client
+	timer   int
 }
 
-func newNunWatch(stop chan bool, c *mautrix.Client) *nunWatch {
-	return &nunWatch{0, post{}, stop, c}
+func newNunWatch(stop chan bool, c *mautrix.Client, t int) *nunWatch {
+	return &nunWatch{0, post{}, stop, c, t}
 }
 
 func (n *nunWatch) Main() {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(60 * time.Second)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(n.timer) * time.Minute)
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ func (n *nunWatch) Main() {
 				return
 			}
 			if n.fail > 3 {
-				log.Println("over three failures, increasing tick time to 5 minutes")
-				ticker.Reset(5 * time.Minute)
+				log.Println("over three failures, increasing tick time by 5x")
+				ticker.Reset(5 * time.Duration(n.timer) * time.Minute)
 				continue
 			}
 			newPost, err := getNewestPost("LittleNuns")