Will there be provisions for apps to become "sponsored" by SO wherein the limits are removed? Say somebody writes the de-facto iPhone app and it gets 500,000 users, the 10K cap will be hit pretty quickly.
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
According to Getting Started with the API, the 10K cap is per-IP address. Thus, the API limit for an iPhone app would be per user, not for the whole app.
-
2This is correct.Kevin Montrose– Kevin Montrose2010-05-20 17:58:36 +00:00Commented May 20, 2010 at 17:58
-
4This does not, however, work for a website, which may have only two or three IPs from which to make requests.Joel– Joel2010-05-20 18:21:07 +00:00Commented May 20, 2010 at 18:21
-
Yeah a service based app is a no go. :(TheHurt– TheHurt2010-05-20 18:36:06 +00:00Commented May 20, 2010 at 18:36
-
2I opened a feature request for adding support for people to request per-key limit increase - stackapps.com/questions/61/api-key-limit-increase-supportFranci Penov– Franci Penov2010-05-20 21:09:04 +00:00Commented May 20, 2010 at 21:09