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Welp, now Google will lock this API down soon.

• instance 6y ago
  How would they, without impairing normal users? You need an API for the public that allows you to get suggestions rather quickly without an API key, for all the users that are not logged into their Google account.
  • awb 6y ago
    Probably the same way they lock down Google search from too many HTTP requests.
    • mdoms 6y ago
      Captcha? This won't work for their regular use cases.
      • awb 6y ago
        Probably server-side rate limiting based on IP.
    • Cthulhu_ 6y ago
      Yeah I'm sure there's a reasonable flood control on that endpoint, which for project like this probably won't kick in.
• Kiro 6y ago
  This API has been well-known forever.
• barrkel 6y ago
  This API is hit on every search keystroke in modern browsers with a small debounce delay, so its tolerance to frequent requests will be pretty high.