Isn't this what I said? -- Hwee-Boon
On Jul 24, 2:36 pm, srikanth reddy <srikanth.yara...@gmail.com> wrote: > @jim.renkel. Thanks a ton. I think now it is clear. > > <<It appears to me that each user of a white-listed site gets 20k > requests per hour, independent of any other users of that site or *any > other uses of the twitter API at other sites by that user *>> > > probably this is what they mean by > > *"IP whitelisting takes precedence to account rate limits*. *GET requests > from a whitelisted IP address made on a user's behalf will be deducted from > the whitelisted IP's limit, not the users*." > > If the IP limit is for the consumer then it will lead to denial of service > attacks. > This is how we wanted it to work. > > Srikanth > > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:52 AM, jim.renkel <james.ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My experience with this is, I think, a little bit different than what > > you describe. > > > It appears to me that each user of a white-listed site gets 20k > > requests per hour, independent of any other users of that site or any > > other uses of the twitter API at other sites by that user. > > > I didn't think this was what twitter intended and reported it as a bug > > (See:http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=617), but > > the twitter folk said "Yup, working as intended". > > > After you log in athttp://twxlate.com, the site reports rate limit > > information on every page view, so you can see how this works there. > > > Comments expected and welcome. > > > Jim Renkel > > > On Jul 23, 3:48 am, jmathai <jmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > In other words, you have a web app running on a single server with a > > > > single IP. You make authenticated requests using each user's account. > > > > If your IP is whitelisted, the calls go towards your 20k limit, if it > > > > is not whitelisted, it goes against the current 150 limit for the > > > > respective accounts. That's what it means by "IP whitelisting takes > > > > precedence to account rate limits". > > > > I don't believe that is true. If your web app is running on a > > > whitelisted IP then you get up to 20k GET calls per hour. POST > > > requests (status or DM) are counted against the user being > > > authenticated. You CANNOT retrieve a user's rate limit status.
