Update API usage and rate limit guidelines#12956
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I've had more and more questions recently which really should be covered by this section. And even people claiming that the actual rate limit *is 1200 requests per minute* (it's not). This is a rewrite to hopefully address these issues.
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| - Using the API as if it is your database, re-requesting the same data every time it is needed. | ||
| - Harvesting mass score/user/beatmap data (consider using [data.ppy.sh](https://data.ppy.sh) instead if looking for seed or sample data). | ||
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| Please **limit your usage to 60 requests per minute (generally 1 request per second)**. The internal rate limits are higher than this and allow some degree of bursting, but exceeding this specified limit may lead to your API tokens being revoked, or in serious abuse cases your access to the API being restricted. |
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...limit your usage to no more than 60 requests per minute...?
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I've had more and more questions recently which really should be covered by this section. And even people claiming that the actual rate limit is 1200 requests per minute (it's not).
This is a rewrite to hopefully address these issues.