Rate limit of Github API

[a-chacon]

Now that I am testing a bit more this tool I am often facing this error:

{

      "message": "API rate limit exceeded for 179.60.74.85. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)",
      "documentation_url": ["https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"](https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting)

}

I know I can configure a GitHub access token and rv will use it. But I think it can be still a problem for other people not using GitHub.

For me for example, now I wanted to install Ruby in a RaspberryPI and faces this problem, so it means that I will set that token in my raspberry and every device I have at home for preventing it. Also, my ISP use CGNAT. So probably other people trying to install Ruby (Or just using GitHub Public API) using my same ISP can face that problem too. I was thinking in places like a school or universities too.

Well I think the solution can be a proxy under the domain of rv.dev that you already have without the restrictions of GitHub API.

I can be wrong too, I just leave it here as an idea because I am facing this problem right now ;)

[adamchalmers]

Good idea. We could have a static site which is served from some CDN.

[simi]

GitHub pages could be generated on release or something to create JSON or copy the API response.

[adamchalmers]

The RV ruby release process could write the latest release details to a file "latest.json" which could be accessed via a GitHub page.

[a-chacon]

mm now that I see the use of the API. You can just generate a "latest.json" or "available_rubies.json" in the rv-ruby release as another asset and then request it without the api like:

https://github.com/spinel-coop/rv-ruby/releases/latest/download/available_rubies.json

It can works too.