I am working with Kinsta’s REST API and faced some rate limit errors. To ensure my application handles these errors efficiently, I need best practices for managing rate limits.
How can I programmatically check and understand the rate limits imposed by Kinsta’s API? What is the recommended way to implement a retry mechanism when a rate limit error occurs, and how should I structure my retries to avoid further issues? I have checked Kinsta API - Kinsta® Docsrpa documentation but still need help.
Additionally, what tools or methods can I use to monitor my API usage and get alerts before hitting the rate limits?
I would also appreciate any tips on optimizing the number of API calls my application makes, such as caching strategies or batching techniques, and handling occasional spikes in traffic without affecting the overall functionality.
Unfortunately, most of your questions are going to depend on your program’s capabilities or setup, and how often certain information changes. For instance, the site and environment IDs won’t change (unless, say, the environment is deleted and recreated), so once that information is pulled down, it shouldn’t need to be retrieved again. Therefore it could be stored in some sort of local long-term persistence or caching. Similarly, other site information is unlikely to change frequently (such as site connection credentials), so that would be worth caching. Unfortunately, these aspects are going to be up to your application and your particular use cases, as there’s not a way for us to know how best to set up your application to accomplish your needs.
In terms of best practices, our rate limits are published here: Kinsta API Rate Limits As long as the requests don’t run afoul of the rate limit, you should be okay.
You can also use the Operations endpoint to check on ongoing API operations instead of trying to run them again: API Reference - Operations - Kinsta
We would be happy to further explain this! Is there any specific part of Jack’s post that you don’t quite understand? We’d be happy to answer your questions!
