I know there is a 10,000 query limit for the Stack Exchange API, but I was curious if there was any way to ask for a one-time increase of API requests as I just need to do a one-time pull to get a bit of data.
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6If its a one time pull, why not grab the datadump?– AibobotCommented Aug 17, 2020 at 3:15
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@Aibobot I have a list of owner_user_id for various questions and answer information I pulled from the API for 88 different tags ('SO', 'Math', etc), and I need the reputation histories for each of the users -- is this something I could use the data dump for?– HermSangCommented Aug 17, 2020 at 3:18
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@HermSang with the data dump, you can do anything, you just have to write the query yourself, e.g. if you import it to a database, you can use SQL. SEDE might be more simple.– Shadow WizardCommented Aug 17, 2020 at 7:07
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I know of one instance where that happened: Charcoal got a doubled API quota but that was after years of proven service to the community (and only after we've asked for it a couple of times), so it was clearly an exception.
I discovered by accident that the Stack Exchange mobile apps have unlimited quota but it's probably against the Terms of Service to issue more than 10,000 requests per day with it.
A better option would be to spread out the calls over several days. I'm not sure how many calls you want to make? Do note that the reputation history call supports multiple user IDs, and you can increase the page size to 100.
This table isn't present in SEDE, but I think you can come pretty close with data that is available, e.g. this one accurately predicts my current Meta reputation to 0.3%. (Note that SEDE is updated once a week on Sunday morning.) I haven't checked the API, but I'm not sure it would do better, since (like SEDE) it doesn't include private reputation events. SEDE doesn't have an API but I've posted a workaround here; you can also use the data dump to fire up your own local SEDE instance. Here are some scripts for this.
answered Aug 17, 2020 at 5:43
