vk_query.py

import time
import requests
import json

last_call = 0
def vk_query(method, **kwargs):
    global last_call
    ct = time.time()
    if ct - last_call < 0.34:
        time.sleep(0.34 - ct + last_call)
        
    last_call = ct
    url = 'https://api.vk.com/method/{}?v=5.60'.format(method)
    for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
        url += '&{}={}'.format(key, value)
    body = requests.get(url).content
    try:
        res = json.loads(body)['response']
    except KeyError:
        print "Failed to execute query", url
        print "Result"
        print body
        return
    except RuntimeError as e:
        print "Failed to execute query", url
        print "Result"
        print body
        raise e
    return res