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Matt
Matt

Reputation: 1757

file_get_contents failing when was working earlier

I am trying to access multiple json files provided by steam for the market price of an item for CSGO. I am using a first file_get_contents which works:

$inventory = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/' . $steamprofile['steamid'] . '/inventory/json/730/2');

but the 2nd onwards doesn't work:

$marketString = file_get_contents('http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=730&market_hash_name=' . urlencode($json_a->{'rgDescriptions'}->$rgDescrId->{'market_hash_name'}));

However I get the error on all items for example:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=730&market_hash_name=Negev%20|%20Nuclear%20Waste%20(Minimal%20Wear)): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 429 Unknown in /home4/matt500b/public_html/themooliecommunity.com/CSGO/index.php on line 24

I can confirm that allow_url_fopen is on

Pasting the following url into a browser shows that the url works

http://steamcommunity.com/market/priceoverview/?currency=1&appid=730&market_hash_name=Negev%20|%20Nuclear%20Waste%20(Minimal%20Wear)

Please note that about 1 hour ago this worked but now throwing an error, any suggestions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 9855

Answers (2)

Ant Avison
Ant Avison

Reputation: 178

A HTTP 429 is a too many request warning, it's not an error, just a note to tell you you've over done it a little. You'll have to either wait a while or if it's your own server then adjust it's settings to allow for more requests.

Upvotes: 1

alexander.polomodov
alexander.polomodov

Reputation: 5534

You've got response with status 429 Too many requests

The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time ("rate limiting").

So this site can just block too frequent reference to his API

Upvotes: 1

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