100 req/hr per IP for non-authenticated requests. 100 req/hr per account for authenticated requests. POST requests (like updating status) are not limited.
-- Ed Finkler http://funkatron.com AIM: funka7ron ICQ: 3922133 Skype: funka7ron On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:26 PM, X10 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When my app requests the rate limit from the server, I get 100. > However, my app does about 20 timeline requests per hour, and I do a > few status updates, less than ten per hour. With some resends and a > "verify credentials", I don't count more than 50 requests each hour. > However, the app does get 400 errors. I do preemptive authentication, > so I don't get 401 errors that count for my rate limit. > So my question is, does a rate limit of 100 mean that I can do a total > of 100 timeline requests and status updates every hour? Or 1.5 per > minute? or what? My app does automatically slow down the timeline > refresh after getting a 400 error, and it sets it back to 20 per hour > when it stops getting 400 errors. >
