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I've been trying to use the Qwant images API at https://api.qwant.com/api/search/images... however I've mostly been running into 429 status codes (too many requests). This doesn't seem to be entirely related to my use of the API, as it is often a problem even if I make only one or two requests. Also it's not a problem when I run the same code on my local machine.

So I was wondering if the rate limit is shared among PythonAnywhere users. Maybe others are also using this API and collectively we're maxing out the limit?

Is that a possibility? Any suggestions?

Thx.

Hmm, yes, it's a possibility if they're limiting per IP address. I'm can't think of an easy way around that, unless they have some way to make your limit per-user rather than per-IP address? Alternatively, you could use a proxy or something so that all of your requests come from your own private IP, but that would require getting the proxy from another company -- see this help page for more information.

Interesting. Thank you. I will try to figure out a way forward.

I appreciate your help!

No problem! Glad to help.