Help with api rate limting

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#1

So I want to create a menu that shows a list of your friends with their status.

The issue is that I get a rate limited: HTTP 429.

I don’t know how I would go about solving this problem…

This is the current code:


local GetFriends = Player:GetFriendsOnline()
local GetFriendsAsync = PlayerService:GetFriendsAsync(Player.UserId)

And after about 2-4 updates it gets rate limited!

#2

How many times are you calling it per minute?

#3

I don’t know, since that will depend on the user, it will be in a menu and everytime you open it, it will refresh.

#4

You are sending too many requests to the web server that is hosting the api, You can avoid hitting the rate limits by setting up intervals.

#5

Maybe only have it refresh every 60 seconds per player? Here’s some structural logic you can apply to your code and it might stop it from hitting the limit altogether:

  • Don’t call GetFriendsAsync until the player opens their menu, specifically the friends page in the menu if that exists.
  • After calling GetFriendsAsync, set a 60 second timer and don’t allow another GetFriendsAsync call until that 60 seconds has passed. You can do this by creating a simple debounce system.