On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Zimmerman wfz@nimblebooks.com wrote:
Is there any limit on frequency of requests to API?
There is no hard and fast limit on read requests, but we ask that you be considerate and try not to take the site down. We also reserve the right to unceremoniously block you if you do endanger the stability of the site :)
If you make your requests in series rather than in parallel (i.e. wait for the first request to finish before sending the second request, such that you're never making more than one request at the same time), you should definitely be fine. You should also try to combine things into one request where you can.
Roan
If your task is not interactive (i.e. there is no user waiting for the results), you can also use the maxlag paramter. [1]
This ensures that your task won't run when the load on the servers is high.
Petr Onderka [[User:Svick]]
[1]: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Maxlag_parameter
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 06:35, Roan Kattouw roan.kattouw@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Fred Zimmerman wfz@nimblebooks.com wrote:
Is there any limit on frequency of requests to API?
There is no hard and fast limit on read requests, but we ask that you be considerate and try not to take the site down. We also reserve the right to unceremoniously block you if you do endanger the stability of the site :)
If you make your requests in series rather than in parallel (i.e. wait for the first request to finish before sending the second request, such that you're never making more than one request at the same time), you should definitely be fine. You should also try to combine things into one request where you can.
Roan
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On 23/01/12 08:52, Petr Onderka wrote:
If your task is not interactive (i.e. there is no user waiting for the results), you can also use the maxlag paramter. [1]
This ensures that your task won't run when the load on the servers is high.
Petr Onderka [[User:Svick]]
And for some tasks, working with a dump [1] may be more appropiate. 1- http://dumps.wikimedia.org/
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