Getting rate limit error from Gecoding service despite being within quota

[gabrielhjort]

Hi,

I have a website that makes use of the Geocoding service. When used, I sporadically get the following error:

Geocoding Service: You have exceeded your rate-limit for this API.

I have put the limit at 20 per user per minute, and this happens after only making a few requests. Reviewing the API statistics on the Google Cloud dashboard shows it's only me using it.

Is there something I've missed?

[JGerman23]

Searching for a solution for your main question, I found this StackOverflow question with the same error message you are getting.

If the solution in Stackoverflow does not work, my suggestion will be to review this Support Options for Geocoding API and Optimizing Quota Usage When Geocoding.

Also, here are some steps to update the quota:

1. Go to the Quotas tab of the Geocoding and Places API under the APIs & Services of the GCP Console. Or you can simply go to this link for your convenience.

Geocoding API: https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/apis/geocoding-backend.googleapis.com/quotas?proje...

Places API: https://console.cloud.google.com/google/maps-apis/apis/places-backend.googleapis.com/quotas?project=...

2. Under the Requests section, set the "Requests per 100 seconds per user" with a value higher than 100.