All API errors
Status 429

intake_day_cap

Today's intakes are spent

Why it happens

POST /words/{word}/request looks at 100 new words a UTC day for the whole API, refused ones included, and today's are spent.

What to do

Retry after 00:00 UTC, as Retry-After says.

Example

429 · application/problem+json · Retry-After: 3600
{
  "type": "https://unique.domains/api/problems/intake_day_cap",
  "title": "Today's intakes are spent",
  "status": 429,
  "detail": "The API took its 100 words for today; the intake reopens at 00:00 UTC.",
  "instance": "/v1/words/harbor/request",
  "code": "intake_day_cap"
}

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