# FFLogs API — Maximum number of requests per second

**URL:** <https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/fflogs-api-maximum-number-of-requests-per-second/3659>\
**Category:** FF Logs\
**Created:** [July 1, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/fflogs-api-maximum-number-of-requests-per-second/3659 "2017-07-01T15:14:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bulletbill4l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@bulletbill4l](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/bulletbill4l)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/fflogs-api-maximum-number-of-requests-per-second/3659/1 "2017-07-01T15:14:50Z")

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Hello,

I’m writing a small script to extract parses from the API, but after about 140 requests in like 2 min 30 seconds I’m hitting Error 429: Too many requests.

How should I throttle my script so that I do not hit that error?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Kihra](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.combatlogforums.com/kihra/32/1116_2.png) [@Kihra](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/Kihra)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/fflogs-api-maximum-number-of-requests-per-second/3659/2 "2017-07-01T17:23:06Z")

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240 requests allowed every 120 seconds.

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**Author:** ![bulletbill4l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@bulletbill4l](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/u/bulletbill4l)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.combatlogforums.com/t/fflogs-api-maximum-number-of-requests-per-second/3659/3 "2017-07-01T17:25:17Z")

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Thank you!