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---Mark On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > So how can I apply for a Search Whitelist? > > > On Nov 19, 12:17 am, Mark McBride <[email protected]> wrote: >> There are three different rate limits that apply to API usage >> >> 1) Your IP rate limit (used when making unauthenticated calls) >> 2) Your account rate limit (used when making authenticated calls) >> 3) Your search rate limit (used when making search calls) >> >> This is covered in the wiki, but it isn't highlighted, so it's easy to >> miss. Check out this pagehttp://apiwiki.twitter.com/API-Overview, >> particularly the part about the API separation, and this >> pagehttp://apiwiki.twitter.com/Rate-limiting, particularly the bit about >> search API rate limiting. >> >> Note that whitelisting for search is possible, but isn't given out as >> freely as whitelisting for the REST API. >> >> ---Mark >> >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Well the title explains it all. Every 15 minutes - my app gets 503 >> > errors from the search api. Now reading the the documentation - this >> > would indicate a rate limit for Search - which is impossible due to >> > the whitelist for my IP. The Whitelist provides 20,000 API for a hour >> > - we make about 360 API calls per hour (Search refreshes every 20 >> > seconds, calls 2 feeds) - so there is no way we would even come close >> > to the error. >> >> > The math: >> >> > Two Search API Feeds - running every 20 seconds = 6 times per minute * >> > 60 minutes = 360 calls. >> >> > Is this excessive? >> >> > Is anyone else experiencing this issue? >> >> > Thanks, >> > Greg >
