# Feature request: Bypass rate limits for API users when same IP as server (new topics/posts)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-bypass-rate-limits-for-api-users-when-same-ip-as-server-new-topics-posts/162316
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-bypass-rate-limits-for-api-users-when-same-ip-as-server-new-topics-posts/162316 "2020-08-28T04:30:54Z")
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### Author: ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-bypass-rate-limits-for-api-users-when-same-ip-as-server-new-topics-posts/162316/1 "2020-08-28T04:30:54Z")

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It would be nice to be able to bypass certain rate limits for specific users (without making the accounts admins or mods)

I’m currently hitting limits:

> You’re creating topics too quickly. Please wait 9 seconds before trying again.

> DiscourseApi::TooManyRequests {“errors”=\>[“You’re replying too quickly. Please wait a few seconds before trying again.”], “error\_type”=\>“rate\_limit”, “extras”=\>{“wait\_seconds”=\>0}}

I’m not sure where now, but I thought I read @sam say that if the API requests come from the same server IP rate limits are automatically by-passed… but I can’t find the post now 😕

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### Author: ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-bypass-rate-limits-for-api-users-when-same-ip-as-server-new-topics-posts/162316/2 "2020-08-28T07:03:47Z")

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Is this what you were looking for? (Post #3, and click on Sam’s avatar in the post that Kane quoted. It will display the code that Sam entered.)

> [@How do I disable rate limiting from a single IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-disable-rate-limiting-from-a-single-ip/150271/4):
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> is the limit it sounds like you want to boost. A better approach may be adding a plugin to add a sync\_blocks endpoint so you only need 1 API call per list modification.