# API rate limits

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-rate-limits/208405
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [November 5, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-rate-limits/208405 "2021-11-05T22:27:49Z")
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### Author: ![blake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blake/32/157322_2.png) [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-rate-limits/208405/2 "2021-11-06T13:19:21Z")

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> [@lstuartfry](#):
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> Are these settings still configurable via the Admin panel? I haven’t come across anything thus far that relates to the Discourse API rate limits.

These API rate limit settings are not configured via the admin panel, but you will add them to the app.yml file on the server where your discourse site is hosted. So you will have to ssh into your server to make the change if you are self hosted.

> [@Available settings for global rate limits and throttling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/available-settings-for-global-rate-limits-and-throttling/78612/1):
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> ### How do I amend these limits?
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> To amend the limits add the desired change into your `app.yml` file in the `env` section.
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> If you are hosted by Discourse contact [team@discourse.org](mailto:team@discourse.org)

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