--- a/bzapi.py	Thu Dec 24 11:45:06 2009 -0800
+++ b/bzapi.py	Thu Dec 24 11:54:11 2009 -0800
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 import pymongo
 import simplejson as json
 
+def split_seq(seq, size):
+    """ Split up seq in pieces of size """
+
+    # Taken from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/425044/
+    return [seq[i:i+size] for i  in range(0, len(seq), size)]
+
 def open_url(url, headers, query_args=None, urllib2=urllib2):
     if query_args:
         full_url = "%s?%s" % (url, urllib.urlencode(query_args))
@@ -49,6 +55,8 @@
             sanitize(item)
 
 class CachedSearch(object):
+    MAX_BUG_BATCH_SIZE = 10
+
     def __init__(self, api, collection, **kwargs):
         self.observers = []
         self.options = kwargs
@@ -104,7 +112,8 @@
         bugs_to_update = self.bugs.find({'needs_full_update': True})
         bug_ids = [bug['id'] for bug in bugs_to_update]
         if bug_ids:
-            self._retrieve_full_bugs(bug_ids)
+            for segment in split_seq(bug_ids, self.MAX_BUG_BATCH_SIZE):
+                self._retrieve_full_bugs(segment)
             self._update_last_update()
 
 class BugzillaApi(object):

--- a/test.py	Thu Dec 24 11:45:06 2009 -0800
+++ b/test.py	Thu Dec 24 11:54:11 2009 -0800
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@
 connection = pymongo.Connection('localhost', 27017)
 testdb = connection.bzapi_testing_db
 
+class MiscTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_split_seq_with_tiny_seq(self):
+        self.assertEqual(repr(bzapi.split_seq([1], 2)),
+                         '[[1]]')
+
+    def test_split_seq_with_imperfect_split(self):
+        self.assertEqual(repr(bzapi.split_seq([1,2,3,4,5], 2)),
+                         '[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5]]')
+
+    def test_split_seq_with_perfect_split(self):
+        self.assertEqual(repr(bzapi.split_seq([1,2,3,4], 2)),
+                         '[[1, 2], [3, 4]]')
+
 class TimestampTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_datetime_from_iso(self):
         date = bzapi.datetime_from_iso('2009-06-11T22:31:24Z')