Rate limits

How they count

• Sign in, launch, chat and settings limits are counted in the database, so they hold across the whole site.
• The other limits are counted by each server on its own. They slow down floods; they are not exact.
• Edge caching means most public reads never reach a limit.

When you hit one

The answer is status 429. Wait a moment and try again.

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Too many requests. Wait a moment and try again.",
  "error": "Too many requests. Wait a moment and try again.",
  "data": null
}

{
  "error": "Too many searches. Wait a moment and try again.",
  "code": "rate"
}