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+#' Use base R versions of `purrr` `slowly` and `insistently` functions
+#'
+#' * Creates base R versions of `purrr` `safely`, `insistently` (and functions for manipulating `rate` objects).
+#'
+#' @md
+#' @param save_as File path and name. Defaults to "`R/utils-slowly.R`"
+#' @param open if `TRUE`, open the resultant file
+#' @export
+use_slowly <- function(save_as = "R/utils-slowly.R", open = TRUE) {
+
+  check_is_package("use_slowly()")
+
+  use_template("raters.R", save_as = save_as, open = open, package = "freebase")
+
+}
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diff --git a/inst/templates/raters.R b/inst/templates/raters.R
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+#' Transform a function to make it run insistently or slowly
+#'
+insistently <- function(.f, rate = rate_backoff(), quiet = TRUE) {
+
+  stopifnot(is_rate(rate))
+
+  function(...) {
+    rate_reset(rate) #
+
+    repeat {
+      rate_sleep(rate, quiet = quiet) #
+      out <- capture_error(.f(...), quiet = quiet)
+
+      if (is.null(out$error)) {
+        return(out$result)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+slowly <- function(f, rate = rate_delay(), quiet = TRUE) {
+
+  stopifnot(is_rate(rate))
+
+  function(...) {
+    rate_sleep(rate, quiet = quiet)
+    f(...)
+  }
+}
+
+#' Create delaying rate settings
+#'
+rate_delay <- function(pause = 1,
+                       max_times = Inf) {
+  stopifnot(is.numeric(pause))
+  new_rate(
+    "rate_delay",
+    pause = pause,
+    max_times = max_times,
+    jitter = FALSE
+  )
+}
+
+rate_backoff <- function(pause_base = 1,
+                         pause_cap = 60,
+                         pause_min = 1,
+                         max_times = 3,
+                         jitter = TRUE) {
+  stopifnot(
+    is.numeric(pause_base),
+    is.numeric(pause_cap),
+    is.numeric(pause_min)
+  )
+  new_rate(
+    "rate_backoff",
+    pause_base = pause_base,
+    pause_cap = pause_cap,
+    pause_min = pause_min,
+    max_times = max_times,
+    jitter = jitter
+  )
+}
+
+new_rate <- function(.subclass, ..., jitter = TRUE, max_times = 3) {
+  stopifnot(
+    is.logical(jitter),
+    is.numeric(max_times) || identical(max_times, Inf)
+  )
+
+  rate <- list(
+    ...,
+    state = new.env(),
+    jitter = jitter,
+    max_times = max_times
+  )
+
+  rate$state$i <- 0L
+
+  structure(
+    rate,
+    class = c(.subclass, "rate")
+  )
+}
+
+is_rate <- function(x) {
+  inherits(x, "rate")
+}
+
+rate_sleep <- function(rate, quiet = TRUE) {
+  stopifnot(is_rate(rate))
+
+  i <- rate_count(rate)
+
+  if (i > rate$max_times) {
+    stop("Error rate expired!", call. = FALSE)
+  }
+  if (i == rate$max_times) {
+    rate_bump_count(rate)
+    stop("Error rate exceeded maximum number of attempts!", call. = FALSE)
+  }
+
+  if (i == 0L) {
+    rate_bump_count(rate)
+    return(invisible())
+  }
+
+  on.exit(rate_bump_count(rate))
+  UseMethod("rate_sleep")
+}
+
+rate_sleep.rate_backoff <- function(rate, quiet = TRUE) {
+  i <- rate_count(rate)
+
+  pause_max <- min(rate$pause_cap, rate$pause_base * 2^i)
+  if (rate$jitter) {
+    pause_max <- stats::runif(1, 0, pause_max)
+  }
+
+  length <- max(rate$pause_min, pause_max)
+  Sys.sleep(length)
+}
+
+rate_sleep.rate_delay <- function(rate, quiet = TRUE) {
+  Sys.sleep(rate$pause)
+}
+
+
+rate_reset <- function(rate) {
+  stopifnot(is_rate(rate))
+
+  rate$state$i <- 0L
+
+  invisible(rate)
+}
+
+rate_count <- function(rate) {
+  rate$state$i
+}
+
+rate_bump_count <- function(rate, n = 1L) {
+  rate$state$i <- rate$state$i + n
+  invisible(rate)
+}
+