Question: new error code: 'TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND'

Overview

• Client ID: ip9RhUfCdeIaiXjHjtIMyg
• Issue type: question
• Summary: ‘TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND’ but speed is the same as before
• Platform: Web

Description

I was collecting information about coffee shops around a chosen location to compare them and analyse neighbouring shops. For last couple of weeks I was collecting data without any issues. I rarely overstepped daily request limit, but because I needed to compare a lot of data really fast I had to use multiple parallel connections. I was making about 5 requests per second. Last week I started getting error message ‘TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND’ and i can not get more than 1-2 requests per second. My code or internet speed has not changed. Could you tell me if this is an intended change?Also if it is is it a temporary change or a permanent one because I can not see any mention of it in Changelog or in Terms of Use?

More information

full error is: {‘error’: {‘code’: ‘TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND’, ‘description’: ‘You have exceeded the queries-per-second limit for this endpoint. Try reducing the rate at which you make queries.’}}

Endpoint

/v3/businesses/search

Response

{
'error': 
    {
        'code': 'TOO_MANY_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND',
        'description': 'You have exceeded the queries-per-second limit for this endpoint. Try reducing the 
        rate at which you make queries.'
    }
}

[mjuraj]

I have the same problem. It’s a pretty big problem, because I have to make more requests if we take into account that businesses count isn’t correct in some cases.

[dan98765]

Examples of the errors when the quota is exceeded have been added to https://www.yelp.com/developers/documentation/v3/rate_limiting

Changelog entry: https://www.yelp.com/developers/v3/changelog#changelog-20180305