API Error: Too Many Attempts #2782

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T05:11:26+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:11:26 +03:00

Originally created by @IceWreck on GitHub (May 8, 2022).

Describe the Bug

So I made a program which uses the API to periodically download my entire wiki as markdown, change URLs in pages to preserve interlinking, save it with git and generate a static site of the wiki with Hugo.

It downloads less than half the wiki and then all page downloads start erroring out with:

{"error":{"message":"Too Many Attempts.","code":429}}

I limited my concurrency to 10 page downloads at a time but its still happening. Any slower than that and it'll take hours to download my wiki.

Can I tweak the rate limiter ?

Steps to Reproduce

I'll put the entire code on github after cleaning it up but basically its downloading pages using /api/pages/<pageid>/export/markdown 10 at a time

Expected Behaviour

No rate limits when using the API, especially for admin users.

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Exact BookStack Version

BookStack v22.04.1

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Hosting Environment

Linuxserver container image running on rootless Podman + mariadb from Rocky Linux repos

Originally created by @IceWreck on GitHub (May 8, 2022). ### Describe the Bug So I made a program which uses the API to periodically download my entire wiki as markdown, change URLs in pages to preserve interlinking, save it with git and generate a static site of the wiki with Hugo. It downloads less than half the wiki and then all page downloads start erroring out with: ```json {"error":{"message":"Too Many Attempts.","code":429}} ``` I limited my concurrency to 10 page downloads at a time but its still happening. Any slower than that and it'll take hours to download my wiki. Can I tweak the rate limiter ? ### Steps to Reproduce I'll put the entire code on github after cleaning it up but basically its downloading pages using `/api/pages/<pageid>/export/markdown` 10 at a time ### Expected Behaviour No rate limits when using the API, especially for admin users. ### Screenshots or Additional Context _No response_ ### Browser Details _No response_ ### Exact BookStack Version BookStack v22.04.1 ### PHP Version _No response_ ### Hosting Environment Linuxserver container image running on rootless Podman + mariadb from Rocky Linux repos

OVERLORD added the 🛠️ Enhancement 🐛 Bug 🔩 API Request labels 2026-02-05 05:11:26 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 05:11:32 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:11:40 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 9, 2022):

Hi @IceWreck,
You should be able to configure this rate limit by using adding the following options to your .env file then tweaking:

ca09ed916f/.env.example.complete (L346-L347)

It does look like we need to add this option to our documentation though since it's quite hidden right now.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 9, 2022): Hi @IceWreck, You should be able to configure this rate limit by using adding the following options to your `.env` file then tweaking: https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/blob/ca09ed916f73ae53998703bfe0e3489798485971/.env.example.complete#L346-L347 It does look like we need to add this option to our documentation though since it's quite hidden right now.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:11:47 +03:00

@IceWreck commented on GitHub (May 9, 2022):

Thanks. Its working now.

@IceWreck commented on GitHub (May 9, 2022): Thanks. Its working now.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:11:50 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 9, 2022):

The in-built API docs have now been updated with a new "Rate Limits" section. This will be part of the next release.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 9, 2022): The in-built API docs have now been updated with a new "Rate Limits" section. This will be part of the next release.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#2782