# Enable user to Generate API key

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-user-to-generate-api-key/87362
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [May 13, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-user-to-generate-api-key/87362 "2018-05-13T10:06:43Z")
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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: [May 14, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-user-to-generate-api-key/87362/6 "2018-05-14T19:56:09Z")

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> [@Yoginth](#):
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> Then how to remove rate-limit an API for specific user?

I don’t think you can remove the rate-limit for a specific user, but please refer to:

> [@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 info on how to modify rate limits globally.

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