# Inference API not working: Error 429 too many requests

**URL:** <https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-api-not-working-error-429-too-many-requests/4639>\
**Category:** 🤝  Community Help\
**Tags:** bugs\
**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-api-not-working-error-429-too-many-requests/4639 "2024-03-01T06:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![leo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/leo/32/2228_2.png) [@leo](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/leo)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-api-not-working-error-429-too-many-requests/4639/4 "2024-03-11T03:40:28Z")

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Hey @Christian_Rivera

Thanks for providing the updated info here. There was a user that experienced similar issues here:

> [@Not able to call api for image segmentation in an app](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/not-able-to-call-api-for-image-segmentation-in-an-app/4605/3):
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> The error message you are receiving suggests that Roboflow, and the platform you’re using, is working fine but the image URL provided is not accessible. A HTTP 429 error means “Too Many Requests” which can happen when you exceed a ratelimit.
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> If you aren’t having issues accessing the image locally, I recommend you query the image data locally, then `POST` the image data to the Roboflow Hosted API.

The 429 error isn’t with our API, it’s with [imgur.com](http://imgur.com), which we can’t control. As suggested in the quoted answer above, if you aren’t having issues accessing the image locally, I recommend you query the image data locally, then `POST` the image data to the Roboflow Hosted API.

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