Several APIs have several rate with restrictions and it is bit overwhelming to consume everything. I hope Twitter finds an easy way to put all the limits in one place + adding information like can that API able to access with app token with the need of user token.
For the time being I’d really appreciate from twitter team if they can help me out answering to the following question.
Is it mandatory to send user token in API requests inorder to pull
- user account activity information
- followers objects
For example: It states require user auth and app auth. Does it mean I need both before I can access the API?
Also about limits does it mean in 15 min window period the API is available to call from that app for that user for 15 times or the app limit is for all users?
It means you can use one, or the other, but not both at the same time - each call should only have one type of auth.
But - you can make 15 calls to an endpoint with user auth, then another 15 calls with app auth in a 15 minute window.
Oh so from what I understand, if I want to have better limits go with user limits as it is applied to each user.
Ex: 5 users * 15 request in 15 min window period
App limits are shared among all users in 15 min window period?
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Yes, each user has their own limit, and the app limit is for the entire app, shared. The general advice is to use User auth and then the App auth as a “reserve” Rate Limiting | Docs | Twitter Developer Platform
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