Very low API rate limits

[emanuele-redify]

Hello there. I'm making an API request but I keep getting this error: { detail: 'Request was throttled.', id: '1KQIYV' }

It is very strange because I'm only calling this endpoint every 2 seconds for 10 times (for different collections), and then pause it for 15 minutes, so I shouldn't hit any rate limit - it would be very strange otherwise.

This is the endpoint: /api/v2/listings/collection/${data.slug}/best?limit=1

Any idea on what's going on?

I've already asked in the discord channel... but they just tell me to read the API documentation, which actually doesn't explain anything about rate limits, excpet that "there are rate limits" 😭

[ryanio]

5 req/s is probably tripping the limit, can you do fewer requests more spread out? you can apply for higher rate limit using the form linked in this section https://docs.opensea.io/reference/api-keys#rate-limits

[emanuele-redify]

No wait, I'm not doing 5 req/s, I've probably expressed myself poorly. Here's what I'm doing:

-1: make 1 request
-2: wait 2 seconds
-> repeat 10 times 1 and 2, so I'm making 1 request every 2 seconds for 10 times.
-> wait for 15 minutes
-> start again

So I'm making 1 request every 2 seconds, for a total of 20 x 4 = 80 requests / hour.
Both seems to be very low usage.

That's why I don't understand how I'm hitting the rate limits.

[ryanio]

we updated our rate limit system a bit, can you check if this is still happening for you? thanks