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Rate Limiting and API Key Management for YouTube Data API

DEV Community·ahmet gedik·about 1 month ago
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TopVideoHub fetches trending video data from 9 Asia-Pacific regions — US, GB, JP, KR, TW, SG, VN, TH, HK. Each YouTube Data API v3 videos.list call costs 1 unit. Each search.list call costs 100 units. With a default quota of 10,000 units per key per day, we need careful management to keep all 9 regions refreshed. Here is the full key rotation and rate limiting system. Quota Anatomy Operation Units Usage videos.list (trending, 50 results) 1 Every cron cycle per region search.list (keyword) 100 On-demand, cached 6h videoCategories.list 1 Daily, cached 24h With 9 regions and a 4-hour cron cycle, trending fetches cost 9 × 6 = 54 units/day. Negligible. The budget killer is search — 100 units per unique query.…

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