# Api call returns nothing when too many requests

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-call-returns-nothing-when-too-many-requests/58958
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-call-returns-nothing-when-too-many-requests/58958 "2017-03-13T07:22:35Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-call-returns-nothing-when-too-many-requests/58958/7 "2020-11-05T23:54:16Z")

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See:

> [@Available settings for global rate limits and throttling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-rate-limits-and-throttling-in-discourse/78612):
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> Discourse ships with 3 different global rate limits that can be configured by site admins. Global per-ip rate limits These limits apply to every unique IP address that hits the Discourse application. (files that are served directly from the filesystem or the CDN are excluded) By default this rate limit is enabled, you may disable it or set it to a reporting mode. DISCOURSE\_MAX\_REQS\_PER\_IP\_MODE : default block, this rate limit applies out of the box. (other options are warn, warn+block, and n…

For a full document of our current rate limits.

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