Hey Devs,
Today, I want to talk about a crucial but often overlooked topic: API Rate Limiting
Have you ever encountered a situation where you att...
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Sorry, I have never heard of any API Provider blocking out the consumer for exceeding the "Rate" limits. Instead, here's the general pattern - If the consumer exceeds certain rate limits, their request will not be fulfilled, and they will get responded with the HTTP Status Code of 429.
Reference - RateLimit
Hey @ranjancse, I know that if consumers exceed certain rate limits, they will receive 429 Errors.
What I meant to say is, as a developer, you should implement a mechanism to avoid getting 429 Errors. If your application consistently receives 429 errors, some API providers might block your requests.
I experienced this blocking situation while working with the Google Maps API.
Hard to believe that Google is blocking the consumers for exceeding the rate limits. Could you please share a reference link or attach the masked email from Google?
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7001020?sjid=16334603476910757467-AP#quota&zippy=%2Capi-quota
Source: https://support.google.com/a/answer/7001020?sjid=16334603476910757467-AP#quota&zippy=%2Capi-quota