Reddit and X API errors, explained
Each page covers one error: what it means, why it happens and what to change in your code.
- Reddit API downWhen the Reddit API looks down, the cause is usually one of three things: Reddit itself, an archive such as PullPush or Arctic Shift, or your own app getting blocked or rate limited.
- Reddit API error 403A Reddit API 403 error means Reddit understood the request and refused it.
- Reddit API error 429Reddit API error 429 means "Too Many Requests".
- Reddit API status"Reddit API status" can mean two things: whether the service is answering right now, and what the current access rules are.
- Twitter API error 403A Twitter (X) API error 403 means the server understood your request but refuses to carry it out.
- Twitter API restrictionsTwitter (X) API restrictions come in three kinds: rate limits on how fast you can call, tier limits on what your plan can reach, and policy limits on what you may do with the data.
- Twitter status APIChecking the Twitter status API tells you whether the X API is answering, and whether a failure comes from X, your access tier or your own code.