MadelineProtoDocs/docs/docs/FLOOD_WAIT.md

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title: Avoiding FLOOD_WAITs
description: If you make too many requests to telegram, you might get FLOOD_WAITed for a while. To avoid these flood waits, you must calculate the flood wait rate.  
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# Avoiding FLOOD_WAITs

If you make too many requests to telegram, you might get FLOOD_WAITed for a while. To avoid these flood waits, you must calculate the flood wait rate.  

Calculate it by making N of method calls until you get a FLOOD_WAIT_X   
 
```
floodwaitrate = time it took you to make the method calls + X   
```

Use sleep to execute max N calls in `floodwaitrate` seconds, this way you won't get flood waited!

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