c/lemmydev · by blawsybogsy@lemmy.ml · 3y

are maximum Limit values documented somewhere?

The Limit property is just a number, but it is different for different API endpoints. I'd like to have a list of the different values so i can easily stay within the max for each endpoint. Are the values documented somewhere? From the official js-client docs site, not even a given endpoint documents its maximum.

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Cr4yfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I JUST FOUND IT!!! https://join-lemmy.org/api/interfaces/LocalSiteRateLimit.html

Every instance sets own rates limit. You can get ALL RATE LIMITS for a specific instance through that enpoint.

Edit: When finding something in the docs you were looking for feels like an accomplishment, something's wrong with the docs :D.

Here's an example for Lemmy.world:

blawsybogsy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

hm, yes but they're rate limits, not the maximum values that can be passed to the limit param. they must be different because my rate limits are post: 6, comment: 6, and that's definitely not the max value for limit for fetching those items.

Cr4yfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Ah, damn. Well back to trial and error I guess.

Cr4yfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

I don't think they're documented anywhere. I resorted to just trying out the performance limits.

For posts I recommend going with 10 per page and loading the rest on demand.
For Comments try to only load a couple per request and then do a bunch of chained requests

blawsybogsy@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

actually it would be very helpful to know the maximum value for any of the 'number' parameters in the API.

blawsybogsy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

max comments appears to be 50? "fetch" (search?) limit is 50.