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

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**Created:** [3월 5, 2015, 12:01오전 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:** [9월 18, 2017, 2:30오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-bypass-rate-limiter-when-using-an-api-key/25990/7 "2017-09-18T14:30:51Z")

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> [@riking](#):
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> The per-user post rate limits will be disabled if the acting user is an admin.

This is old, but … it’s pretty relevant. I was looking for the same thing. I’m using the API to report bad players for a game. This shouldn’t be limited. However, our BOT account doesn’t need to access any admin settings, just simply post. I read that you need to be an ADMIN to do this:

This is pretty nasty … why would I have to make the bot account an _admin_ to bypass rate limitations just for posting? In 2017, is there a better way to do this?

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