You can check if you are getting rate limited with this method: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-account%C2%A0rate_limit_status
If you are using OAuth on http://api.twitter.com then you should be getting 350 (last I heard) hits per hour. Otherwise you will be limited to 150/h. Abraham On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 07:32, b...@mindbus.nl <b...@mindbus.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > I was creating a simple application which requests statuses of a > certain list within my Twitter account using the following command: > http://api.twitter.com/1/id/lists/list-id/statuses.xml. > > For some reason, after doing some requests, i get a HTTP 400 Bad > Request. > I have read that a client may only do 500 requests per hour, but i > dont believe that i have done that many requests by simply testing my > application. > After some time all is well and i receive the expected result. > > Has someone else encountered this problem? > > I have already sent a request to whitelist my IP, but i want to make > sure that not else is causing this problem. > > Thanks in advance. > -- Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
