Rate Limits #180585

ObsidianCompiler · 2025-11-27T20:40:16Z

ObsidianCompiler
Nov 27, 2025

Question

How can you efficiently handle rate limits when building an integration with GitHub’s REST API?

Answered by Paol0B

GitHub’s REST API enforces rate limits (typically 5,000 requests per hour per authenticated user).

To manage this:

Use conditional requests with ETags to avoid unnecessary calls.
Implement caching of responses where possible.
Monitor the X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset headers to adapt request frequency.
Prefer authenticated requests (using tokens) since unauthenticated requests have much lower limits.
Consider using GraphQL API for more efficient queries when you need multiple pieces of data at once.

Paol0B · 2025-11-27T20:41:16Z

GitHub’s REST API enforces rate limits (typically 5,000 requests per hour per authenticated user).

To manage this:

Use conditional requests with ETags to avoid unnecessary calls.
Implement caching of responses where possible.
Monitor the X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset headers to adapt request frequency.
Prefer authenticated requests (using tokens) since unauthenticated requests have much lower limits.
Consider using GraphQL API for more efficient queries when you need multiple pieces of data at once.

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