# How to bypass rate limiter when using an API key?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-rate-limiter-when-using-an-api-key/25990>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [5 Marzo 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-rate-limiter-when-using-an-api-key/25990 "2015-03-05T00:01:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![dylanh724](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dylanh724/32/119642_2.png) [@dylanh724](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanh724)\
**Post date:** [18 Settembre 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-rate-limiter-when-using-an-api-key/25990/11 "2017-09-18T16:09:55Z")

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Ahh that makes more sense.

I wonder if there’s a way to delay requests instead of just 422 them

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