Another RATE_EXCEEDED question

[jon.c...@searchlaboratory.com]

Hi,

Starting yesterday we have started to see the RATE_EXCEEDED error a lot for the Traffic Estimator Service... we have been using this service for months with roughly the same workload with very few exceptions but for some reason we have started getting more and more exceptions.

RateName = RATE_LIMIT

RateScope = ACCOUNT

Reason = RATE_EXCEEDED

RetryAfterSeconds = 30

Even after waiting the recommended number of seconds we still get the issue.

I'm pretty confident there is no other software running against the account and this is the only app running at the current time.

Is there a developer console for Adwords API where you can view requests, errors, etc like other Google APIs?

I've read the documentation at https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/rate-limits, but I can't find anything for rate name RATE_LIMIT?

Thanks

Jon

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Jon, 

Rate limit errors means that you are making API requests too quickly. To avoid hitting these errors, you will need to slow down and take control of your application. That said, please note that rate limit errors will occur irrespective of your quota usage or access level (basic/standard). This is not a failure due to you exceeding your allowed quota. If you think that your application is not making too many requests in a short duration, could you please share the complete SOAP logs along with your customer id so that I can take a closer look?

Unfortunately, requests/quota of your AdWords API usage cannot be viewed from the Google developers console. If you are interested in capturing that, you can calculate the API operations following the guidelines listed here.

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team