Instagram-private-api: Rates
Hello, i would like to know what the ratelimits are.
Zorkai
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This is all about Error 429.
All functions in API have different limits.
Limits are tracked on an individual application or user level, depending on the type of token used in the request.
200 calls/hour per user.
That鈥檚 what official API documentation said. And that鈥檚 true. But it鈥檚 about official API.
Private API鈥檚 limits are different. Most function need 5-7 sec pause between requests, but some functions need longer delays. Just because of spam usage, all we know this as mass actions.
If you don't use API for spamming, you will not see Error 429 "Throttled by Instagram because of too many API requests".
A few years ago functions didn鈥檛 not limited so high, but all last year and I think think this year also Instagram will fight with spammers more actively.
Restrictions started coming very actively since Facebook bought Instagram.
This Cambridge Analytics and HYP3R incidents also added more oil to fire.
sergeykomlev
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This is all about Error 429.
All functions in API have different limits.
That鈥檚 what official API documentation said. And that鈥檚 true. But it鈥檚 about official API.
Private API鈥檚 limits are different. Most function need 5-7 sec pause between requests, but some functions need longer delays. Just because of spam usage, all we know this as mass actions.
If you don't use API for spamming, you will not see Error 429 "Throttled by Instagram because of too many API requests".
A few years ago functions didn鈥檛 not limited so high, but all last year and I think think this year also Instagram will fight with spammers more actively.
Restrictions started coming very actively since Facebook bought Instagram.
This Cambridge Analytics and HYP3R incidents also added more oil to fire.