Rate Limit Exceeded Solutions

Rate Limit Exceeded Solutions

Best practices for handling rate limits.

Understanding Rate Limits

Default limits:

Headers returned:

X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 45
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1699999999

Handling 429 Responses

When you receive HTTP 429:

async function makeRequest() {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  
  if (response.status === 429) {
    const retryAfter = response.headers.get('Retry-After') || 60;
    await sleep(retryAfter * 1000);
    return makeRequest(); // Retry
  }
  
  return response;
}

Best Practices

- First retry: 1 second

- Second retry: 2 seconds

- Third retry: 4 seconds

- Store lead data locally

- Only fetch when needed

- Use ETags for cache validation

- Combine multiple requests

- Use bulk endpoints when available

- Track requests per endpoint

- Set up alerts at 80% usage

Increasing Limits

For higher limits:

Endpoint-Specific Limits