HTTP 503 Error when attempting retrieve archive.json

[jebagley06]

My script keeps receiving a Failed HTTP (503 Error) when attempting to retrieve the contents from http://a.4cdn.org/pol/archive.json. It was working yesterday but hasn't worked since.

[desuwa]

Your script must have exceeded the rate limits.
You'll get unblocked eventually.

[jebagley06]

Ok thanks. What's the limit? And do you know how long it takes to become unblocked?

[desuwa]

The limit is 1 request per second. It's on the doc page. In reality it's much higher than that but at 1 rps you won't have any issues.

And do you know how long it takes to become unblocked?

Nope, sorry.
Is it your home IP that was blocked?

[mozai]

bad client requests should be 4xx --- 5xx is for errors on the server-side.

[chairus]

@desuwa Are the rate limits per IP?

[desuwa]

Are the rate limits per IP?

Yes

[ZincNitrogen]

I believe I have also just gotten rate limited. I haven't seen any indication in the docs that the rate limit is 1 rps. Did you ever get unblocked? I have reached a stall for a couple days now.