Just to clarify: I am testing with unauthenticated calls
On Aug 23, 5:17 pm, boaz <sapirb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I checked the behavior on an AWS instance _without_ static IP (which > is called by Amazon elastic IP) and I do not see any problem with the > limits. The "limit status" shows that I have exactly 150 calls left > minus the ones I have explicitly used. I do not obeserve any behvior > where my limits are affected by other users with which I share the > resource. > Am I missing something? Could it be just a matter of luck/random > behavior? > > Thank you, > Boaz > > On Aug 22, 12:03 am, "Darren Bounds (Cliqset)" <dbou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Chad, > > > Can you confirm that this is not the case for AWS elastic IPs which > > had been previously whitelisted by Twitter? > > > Thanks, > > Darren > > > On Aug 21, 4:35 pm, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have replied to Jud off-list, but for everyone's benefit we'd like > > > to reiterate that AWS and GAE are shared resources and therefore share > > > the rate limit across applications. A dedicated IP and unique UA will > > > guarantee the maximum API limits. There are several cheap and reliable > > > VPS hosting services available which can provide a dedicated IP > > > address and full control over the server. > > > > Thanks, > > > -Chad > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Jud<jvale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've got a python app running on Google App Engine (appspot hosted) > > > > that querieshttp://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=forsimple > > > > queries (e.g. "foo OR bar"), and it's being severely throttled (e.g. > > > > can't get a successful request through (response 200 w/ data) more > > > > than a couple of times per _hour_). > > > > > - I'm setting the UA string to something unique/identifiable (e.g. my > > > > company name) > > > > - I'm respecting the retry-after header coming back when I see a 503 > > > > (average retry-after duration is ~750) > > > > - GAE turns the IP address behind the app over ~ every 6 hours > > > > - app hits tries to hit search.twitter.com every 5 minutes. > > > > > I've successfully polled the endpoint at much higher rates (in > > > > completely different IP address ranges) in the past, without issue. > > > > Unclear what's going on. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
