API limits

[bjhobbs....@gmail.com]

I tried asking Meetup support and they advised me to post this question here: 

I have one question re the API, is there a fair use limit or a hard limit on the number of calls/Get requests I can make per min/hour/day? 

Also does this differ between API key auth, OAuth 1 or 2?

Almost all APIs have such limits but I can't see it mentioned in the documentation

[Chris Lewis]

Hello,

Limiting is discussed here in the documentation. The short answer is there is no simple N-per-day limit, but rather a frequency monitor that will deny your client and requires a brief back-off. Follow the suggestions in that section - specifically, scale back when you get 429/Too Many Requests - and you should be ok.

[bjhobbs....@gmail.com]

Great thanks!

[Dmitry]

It said here that it is 200 requests per hour:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/meetup-api/api$20limit/meetup-api/2j0U02falmY/gsvb74eOLXAJ

[Doug Tangren]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Dmitry <dmitry...@gmail.com> wrote:

It said here that it is 200 requests per hour:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/meetup-api/api$20limit/meetup-api/2j0U02falmY/gsvb74eOLXAJ

Admittedly, we could do a better job at documenting throttling limitings but the reality is that there are no fixed numbers in the new system, only meters that we adjust to manage levels of traffic. OAuth and key based requests actually have the same rate limits but the context for authentication permits OAuth authenticated requests to issue more requests by virtue of the way they are tallied. A typically key based request is tallied by client ip + member id. A typically OAuth based request is tallied by the consumer + authenticated member, meaning an OAuth client can shard request limits across it's user base. 

Requests are no longer limited by the hour by within rolling windows ( currently 10 seconds) unique to each client. You can currently issue up to 30 requests within those 10 seconds before you get a throttle warning. If you get 5 throttle in one hour, you get banned for the remainder of that hour.

  

 

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:02:56 PM UTC-4, bjhobbs....@gmail.com wrote:

Great thanks!

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:55:05 PM UTC+1, Chris Lewis wrote:

Hello,

Limiting is discussed here in the documentation. The short answer is there is no simple N-per-day limit, but rather a frequency monitor that will deny your client and requires a brief back-off. Follow the suggestions in that section - specifically, scale back when you get 429/Too Many Requests - and you should be ok.

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:41:31 PM UTC-4, bjhobbs....@gmail.com wrote:

I tried asking Meetup support and they advised me to post this question here: 

I have one question re the API, is there a fair use limit or a hard limit on the number of calls/Get requests I can make per min/hour/day? 

Also does this differ between API key auth, OAuth 1 or 2?

Almost all APIs have such limits but I can't see it mentioned in the documentation

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[Harry Bosh]

Are these Limits still relative?

I am hitting limits due to the change of meetup event ids, so having to check each event if the id has changed on my site.

we have 9 events per week, every week, and need accurate update information, 

what do you recommend here?