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How can I possibly exceed the Instagram API limit of 500 requests per hour if I have code in place that caches every 15 seconds (240 requests per hour)?

UPDATE: We ended up creating a new client, generating a new access token and using that in in our app. So far so good. Our code is making 1 call per minute, caching it and displaying the cached data for most visitors. The only thing I can think of is maybe something else was using our access token - leaking our bank of requests. I wish Instagram kept a log or something so we could see if requests were coming from an unauthorized source.

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please share the code - Noam Hacker
You are asking how you can code an illegal program? - Camilo Terevinto
Nothing illegal here. My code simply reduces the number of API calls by storing and using the previously successful call data. Especially useful since Instagram seems to go down an awful lot these days. - user4100391

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which API is it?

Instagram POST APIs have different limits (30/hr in sandbox and 60/hr in live mode):

/media/media-id/likes
/media/media-id/comments
/users/user-id/relationships

combined all API calls have 5000/hour.

https://www.instagram.com/developer/limits/