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Developers grapple with NHTSA API rate limits for VIN tools
Original: Public NHTSA endpoints are generous for light traffic and brittle when you fan out. A free product... # api # webdev # t
A developer has written about the practical limits of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's public VIN-decoding endpoints, noting they work well for light traffic but become unreliable under heavy, fanned-out requests. The piece describes handling those rate limits in a free VIN-check product without misleading users about data availability, striking a chord with developers building on free government APIs.
Why now: Developers building on free public APIs widely share the pain of undocumented rate limits and reliability trade-offs.
Evidence
- Public NHTSA endpoints are generous for light traffic and brittle when you fan out. A free product... # api # webdev # typescript # cars # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Handling NHTSA Rate Limits in a Free VIN Product Without Lying to Users · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 1
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