While this may be true I think it's a fringe case and not what we're trying to get at here (although it could explain conflicting test results....)
To summarize what we're looking for clarification on: (example) My server has 1 whitelisted IP and 1000 users. It operates for 1 hour. Each user makes an equal number of requests. Is the limit 20 requests per user (= 20k per hour per ip) or Is the limit 20k per user (=20k per hour per user) The only reason I'm kind of harping on this is that for the new app I'm developing the latter would save me a lot of heartache and quite a bit of money. Cheers, Bob On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:54 AM, TFT Media<tftmedia1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I believe sometimes the IP address can be user-based, even for white- > listed IPs. E.G., if the user himself has a whitelisted IP. > > On Aug 10, 7:57 pm, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Jim, >> >> I don't know exactly what you're looking at and how you get to that >> answer. >> >> My system is making thousands of GET calls per hour, and I can see how >> X-RateLimit-Remaining is decrementing regardless of which Twitter user >> credentials are used. >> >> So, on my side I am seeing solid evidence that the rate limit is per >> IP address only and not per user. >> >> Dewald >> >> On Aug 10, 11:26 pm, "jim.renkel" <james.ren...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hmmm! We seem to have conflicting evidence here! >> >> > I just (again) verified that twxlate.com is getting 20k requests per >> > hour per user. >> >> > How long ago was it that Alex and other API team members made the >> > recommendation that you mentioned? Is it possible that twitter changed >> > policy since then? >> >> > Either way, I agree that we now need a very clear affirmation from >> > twitter as to the policy. >> >> > I sure hope I don't have to eat my words! :-) >> >> > Jim >> >> > On Aug 10, 9:08 pm, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > On Aug 10, 11:02 pm, "jim.renkel" <james.ren...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > > My logic is now: "Ifratelimiting is not peruser, then all users of >> > > > anIPaddress will share one pool of20krequests per hour. If a site >> > > > has a 1,000 users at one time, then eachuserwill get an average of >> > > > 20 requests per hour. This is clearly not enough to do much useful. >> >> > > Jim, >> >> > > That is why Alex and other API team members have recommended in the >> > > past that you get and use additional white-listedIPaddresses, when >> > > 20,000 requests per hour perIPaddress is not sufficient to service >> > > youruserbase. >> >> > > At TweetLater I employ several white-listedIPaddresses to cover the >> > > needs of my users. >> >> > > Dewald >
