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JavaScript Build a Basic ChatGPT Clone with Vanilla JavaScript

Rez Ghali
Rez Ghali
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Posted by Rez Ghali
Rez Ghali
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I get error 429.

I get error 429. Looks like API only works for paid account. Is that correct? Does it mean I have to be on a paid account to have this workshop work for me?

Jamie McKenzie
Jamie McKenzie
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I ran into the same issue and I believe we do need a paid account in order for it to work.

I'm trying to figure out currently, if/how it's possible to use Google Bard instead.

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Bijan Amirzadehasl
Bijan Amirzadehasl
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I'm not sure if anyone is experiencing this but you also need to set up a pay account in order to have a 'free' account.

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Hey Reza Ghaeli & Jamie McKenzie 👋

The 429 status code indicates that you've made too many requests in a given amount of time and are being rate limited. You can definitely follow along with an API key on the free plan but I'd recommend testing your code sparingly in development. You can find more information about the rate limits in the API Documentation 🙂

After a few minute wait your code should be working as expected.

Hope this clears things up!

Jamie McKenzie
Jamie McKenzie
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Rohald van Merode, thanks for the response. I've had a look through the documentation that you linked above and I'm unsure as to why this would happen, even after decreasing the max_tokens to 20.

I am getting the following error within my DevTools

    "error": {
        "message": "You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details.",
        "type": "insufficient_quota",
        "param": null,
        "code": null
    }
Rohald van Merode
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Hi Jamie McKenzie,

The error will occur when one of the two limits is reached (requests or tokens / minute). On the free plan you get a rate limit of 3 requests per minute which you're more likely to hit than the TPM limit, every request after that will be responded with a 429 status. After a minute the API should start responding again as expected 🙂