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From the API docs: "If authentication credentials are provided, the rate limit status for the authenticating user is returned. Otherwise, the rate limit statu
by riklomas 18y ago
From the API docs:
"If authentication credentials are provided, the rate limit status for the authenticating user is returned. Otherwise, the rate limit status for the requester's IP address is returned."
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#ratelimitstatus http://apiwiki.twitter.com/REST+API+Documentation#ratelimits...
Remember that the 20,000 calls are for GET requests. POST requests don't count towards that number.
- mootymoots 18y agoSo does that mean an authenticated user of an application can have up to 20,000 GET requests per hour?
- riklomas 18y agoI think it means that the 20,000 requests is for the user/IP that requested white-listing, rather than all the users of that app. I might be wrong though...
- mootymoots 18y agowhich isn't alot really... if you had 2000 users :)
- riklomas 18y agoVery true. I really wish Twitter had an API more similar to Facebook's FQL system. When I request information from Twitter, there's a lot of excess data that I don't need and don't use, causing unnecessary load on the Twitter servers.
- mootymoots 18y agoYeah, this is a problem of their own making. Returning data that ultimately, alot of developers don't need. For example, returning a specific users follower count requires you to GET a huge XML return.... more specific methods required me thinks!