Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

3/22/2026, 10:08:27 PM

Public

@julian

So, if the rate limit is 300 requests every 5 minutes, and you've already used 143 requests, you might see headers like this:

X-RateLimit-Remaining: 157
X-RateLimit-Reset: 2026-03-22T22:10:00Z

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

3/22/2026, 10:13:12 PM

Public

@julian Unfortunately, there are a ton of conflicting variations on this pattern. Some APIs use a Unix timestamp for the reset datetime (!), others use HTTP header values. Mastodon uses an ISO 8601 datetime.

The X-RateLimit-* headers also don't work well if there are multiple quota policies. That can happen if there are particular types of requests that are under a stricter quota than others. There are some variants that APIs use, but they're specific to the platform.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116275124154956660 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)