PageSightRate Limiting Best Practices
Strategies and tips for managing rate limits effectively.
Understanding Your Limits
Plan Limits
- • Free Tier: 10 requests per minute, 1 category at a time
- • Premium Tier: 20 requests per minute, up to 3 categories at a time
- • Limits are enforced per API key
- • Rolling 60-second window
Staying Within Limits
Effective Strategies
- • Use caching: Leverage API caching to reduce requests
- • Batch requests: Request multiple categories in one call
- • Monitor headers: Track X-RateLimit-Remaining
- • Implement queuing: Queue requests when approaching limits
- • Throttle requests: Space out requests evenly
- • Cache locally: Store responses in your application
Common Mistakes
- • Making requests in tight loops
- • Ignoring cache and re-fetching data
- • Not monitoring rate limit headers
- • Making requests faster than your limit
- • Not implementing retry logic
- • Ignoring 429 errors
Request Throttling
Implementing Throttling
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Request Queuing
Queue-Based Approach
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Monitoring Rate Limits
Track Your Usage
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Pro Tips
Optimization Tips
- Use API caching to reduce request frequency
- Request multiple categories in a single call when possible
- Implement local caching in your application
- Monitor rate limit headers proactively
- Consider upgrading to Premium for higher limits
- Use request queuing for batch operations
- Implement exponential backoff for retries