Request limiting is not working properly

[youchi1]

Request limiting is not working properly. I decreased requestsPerSecondLimit parameter several times, because I was getting 429, now it is set to 25 req/s and I still got few 429. According to tmdb API docu, limit should be around 50 req/s, so I am on the half of the limit. I use only one MovieDb object.

Can you check it please?

[grantholle]

Hmm, yeah I'm not sure. If you're definitely only using a single instance, then I'm sure it falls into the "They sit somewhere in the 50 requests per second range." area.

For troubleshooting purposes, what happens when you do it with 1 per second?

[grantholle]

The queue this package uses is promise-throttle, it doesn't roll its own.

[youchi1]

Queue is definitely somehow working, number of 429 was decreasing, but still there.

One explanation could be that, even though we sent a limited number of requests on our side, they arrive at the TMDB server at different times, reaching the limit.

[youchi1]

Maybe it would be worth trying other packages with more downloads / configurability, like: p-throttle with strict mode or limiter ...?