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`Throttling` (8 Q's) and `rate-limit` (25 Q's) are the same thing. Merging tags.
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Brock Adams
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I got my first throttle violation error after running in jsfiddlejsFiddle some example code given to me by a library author in response to a question of mine about how to use their library.

This is the error I now get when calling any 2.0 API: { "error_id": 502, "error_name": "throttle_violation", "error_message": "too many requests from this IP" }

Fair enough, but I don't know when I'll be able to use the API again, when my "punishment" will be over.

Would it be too difficult to include in such error messages either a timestamp for when this will be lifted, or perhaps a duration of the time remaining until it's lifted?

I got my first throttle violation error after running in jsfiddle some example code given to me by a library author in response to a question of mine about how to use their library.

This is the error I now get when calling any 2.0 API: { "error_id": 502, "error_name": "throttle_violation", "error_message": "too many requests from this IP" }

Fair enough, but I don't know when I'll be able to use the API again, when my "punishment" will be over.

Would it be too difficult to include in such error messages either a timestamp for when this will be lifted, or perhaps a duration of the time remaining until it's lifted?

I got my first throttle violation error after running in jsFiddle some example code given to me by a library author in response to a question of mine about how to use their library.

This is the error I now get when calling any 2.0 API: { "error_id": 502, "error_name": "throttle_violation", "error_message": "too many requests from this IP" }

Fair enough, but I don't know when I'll be able to use the API again, when my "punishment" will be over.

Would it be too difficult to include in such error messages either a timestamp for when this will be lifted, or perhaps a duration of the time remaining until it's lifted?

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Kevin Montrose
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hippietrail
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After a throttle violation, could the error message include the time when the block will be lifted?

I got my first throttle violation error after running in jsfiddle some example code given to me by a library author in response to a question of mine about how to use their library.

This is the error I now get when calling any 2.0 API: { "error_id": 502, "error_name": "throttle_violation", "error_message": "too many requests from this IP" }

Fair enough, but I don't know when I'll be able to use the API again, when my "punishment" will be over.

Would it be too difficult to include in such error messages either a timestamp for when this will be lifted, or perhaps a duration of the time remaining until it's lifted?