Design Hit Counter — Python

# Time:  O(1), amortized
# Space: O(k), k is the count of seconds.

from collections import deque

class HitCounter(object):

    def __init__(self):
        """
        Initialize your data structure here.
        """
        self.__k = 300
        self.__dq = deque()
        self.__count = 0

    def hit(self, timestamp):
        """
        Record a hit.
        @param timestamp - The current timestamp (in seconds granularity).
        :type timestamp: int
        :rtype: void
        """
        self.getHits(timestamp)
        if self.__dq and self.__dq[-1][0] == timestamp:
            self.__dq[-1][1] += 1
        else:
            self.__dq.append([timestamp, 1])
        self.__count += 1

    def getHits(self, timestamp):
        """
        Return the number of hits in the past 5 minutes.
        @param timestamp - The current timestamp (in seconds granularity).
        :type timestamp: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        while self.__dq and self.__dq[0][0] <= timestamp - self.__k:
            self.__count -= self.__dq.popleft()[1]
        return self.__count