# Imgur images not rendering because server is rate limited

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [November 11, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imgur-images-not-rendering-because-server-is-rate-limited/285179 "2023-11-11T13:55:00Z")\
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> [@winston-yallow](#):
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> I did import 120k topics. So that must have fetched a lot of images from imgur.

Right.

> [@winston-yallow](#):
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> I assume it is to cache them locally in case the original disappears?

Unless you turn off the settings that enable this behavior.

> [@winston-yallow](#):
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> But once I do the import on prod I’d like to prevent this

So do the import on another machine and restore the backup to prod. A more complicated solution would be to contrive to have your server retrieve stuff via a proxy server.

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