ChatGPT API Rate Limit Error: 2025 Kapsamlı Çözüm Rehberi

? Rate Limit Türleri / Rate Limit Types

❌ 429 Rate Limit Exceeded Hataları

// Tip 1: RPM Aşımı (RPM Exceeded)
{
  "error": {
    "message": "Rate limit reached for requests",
    "type": "requests",
    "param": null,
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
  }
}

// Tip 2: TPM Aşımı (TPM Exceeded)
{
  "error": {
    "message": "Rate limit reached for tokens per minute",
    "type": "tokens",
    "param": null,
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded"
  }
}

// Tip 3: Günlük Limit Aşımı (Daily Limit Exceeded)
{
  "error": {
    "message": "You exceeded your current quota",
    "type": "insufficient_quota",
    "param": null,
    "code": "insufficient_quota"
  }
}

? Response Header'larını Kontrol Edin

# curl ile test (check with curl):
curl https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -I

# Önemli header'lar:
x-ratelimit-limit-requests: 500
x-ratelimit-remaining-requests: 342
x-ratelimit-reset-requests: 12s
x-ratelimit-limit-tokens: 40000
x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens: 28450

✅ Çözüm 1: Exponential Backoff (Üstel Geri Çekilme)

429 hatası aldığınızda bekleyin ve tekrar deneyin (wait and retry):

import time
import openai
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

def api_call_with_backoff(prompt, max_retries=5):
    """Exponential backoff ile API çağrısı"""
    for attempt in range(max_retries):
        try:
            response = client.chat.completions.create(
                model="gpt-4",
                messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
            )
            return response
        except openai.RateLimitError as e:
            if attempt == max_retries - 1:
                raise e

            # Exponential backoff: 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s
            wait_time = 2 ** attempt
            print(f"Rate limit! {wait_time}s bekleniyor...")
            time.sleep(wait_time)

# Kullanım:
result = api_call_with_backoff("Merhaba, nasılsın?")
print(result.choices[0].message.content)

✅ Çözüm 2: Request Queue (İstek Kuyruğu)

İstekleri kuyruğa alıp kontrollü şekilde gönder (queue requests):

import asyncio
from asyncio import Semaphore

# RPM limit: 500 -> Saniyede max 8 istek (500/60 ≈ 8)
MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS = 8
semaphore = Semaphore(MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS)

async def rate_limited_request(prompt):
    """Rate limit'e uygun async istek"""
    async with semaphore:
        response = await client.chat.completions.create(
            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
        )
        return response

async def process_batch(prompts):
    """Toplu işlem"""
    tasks = [rate_limited_request(p) for p in prompts]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
    return results

# Kullanım:
prompts = ["Soru 1", "Soru 2", "Soru 3", ...]
results = asyncio.run(process_batch(prompts))

✅ Çözüm 3: Token Optimizasyonu

Gereksiz token kullanımını azaltın (reduce unnecessary tokens):

import tiktoken

def count_tokens(text, model="gpt-4"):
    """Token sayısını hesapla"""
    encoding = tiktoken.encoding_for_model(model)
    return len(encoding.encode(text))

# Prompt'u optimize et
original = "Lütfen bu metni çok detaylı şekilde analiz edip..."
optimized = "Bu metni analiz et: ..."

print(f"Original: {count_tokens(original)} tokens")
print(f"Optimized: {count_tokens(optimized)} tokens")

# max_tokens ile limit koy
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
    max_tokens=500  # Cevap maksimum 500 token
)

✅ Çözüm 4: Caching (Önbellekleme)

from functools import lru_cache
import hashlib

# Aynı prompt'lar için cache kullan
@lru_cache(maxsize=1000)
def cached_api_call(prompt_hash):
    """Önbellekli API çağrısı"""
    response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt_hash}]
    )
    return response.choices[0].message.content

def get_response(prompt):
    # Prompt hash'le (aynı prompt = aynı cache)
    prompt_hash = hashlib.md5(prompt.encode()).hexdigest()
    return cached_api_call(prompt_hash)

? Python: Tam Çözüm (Complete Solution)

"""
Alesta Web - ChatGPT API Rate Limit Handler
Python production-ready implementation
"""

import openai
from openai import OpenAI
import time
from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential

client = OpenAI(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

@retry(
    stop=stop_after_attempt(5),
    wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=60)
)
def robust_api_call(
    prompt: str,
    model: str = "gpt-3.5-turbo",
    max_tokens: int = 1000
):
    """
    Rate limit ve diğer hataları handle eden API çağrısı

    Args:
        prompt: Kullanıcı sorusu
        model: Model adı
        max_tokens: Maksimum cevap uzunluğu

    Returns:
        API yanıtı
    """
    try:
        response = client.chat.completions.create(
            model=model,
            messages=[
                {"role": "system", "content": "Sen yardımcı bir asistansın."},
                {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
            ],
            max_tokens=max_tokens,
            temperature=0.7
        )

        # Token kullanımını logla
        usage = response.usage
        print(f"✅ Token: {usage.total_tokens} "
              f"(prompt: {usage.prompt_tokens}, "
              f"completion: {usage.completion_tokens})")

        return response.choices[0].message.content

    except openai.RateLimitError as e:
        print(f"⚠️ Rate limit! Retry ediliyor...")
        raise  # tenacity retry yapacak

    except openai.APIError as e:
        print(f"❌ API Error: {e}")
        raise

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"❌ Beklenmeyen hata: {e}")
        raise

# Kullanım:
if __name__ == "__main__":
    result = robust_api_call("Python'da liste comprehension nedir?")
    print(result)

? Node.js: Rate Limiter (Bottleneck)

/**
 * Alesta Web - ChatGPT API Rate Limit Handler
 * Node.js production implementation with Bottleneck
 */

const OpenAI = require('openai');
const Bottleneck = require('bottleneck');

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY
});

// Rate limiter yapılandırması
// 500 RPM = dakikada 500 istek = saniyede ~8 istek
const limiter = new Bottleneck({
  minTime: 125,  // İstekler arası min 125ms (1000/8)
  maxConcurrent: 5,  // Aynı anda max 5 istek
  reservoir: 500,  // Dakikada 500 istek
  reservoirRefreshAmount: 500,
  reservoirRefreshInterval: 60 * 1000  // 60 saniye
});

/**
 * Rate limit'li API çağrısı
 */
const rateLimitedCall = limiter.wrap(async (prompt, model = 'gpt-3.5-turbo') => {
  try {
    const response = await openai.chat.completions.create({
      model: model,
      messages: [
        { role: 'system', content: 'Sen yardımcı bir asistansın.' },
        { role: 'user', content: prompt }
      ],
      max_tokens: 1000
    });

    console.log(`✅ Token: ${response.usage.total_tokens}`);
    return response.choices[0].message.content;

  } catch (error) {
    if (error.status === 429) {
      console.log('⚠️ Rate limit! Bekleyip retry edilecek...');
      // Bottleneck otomatik retry yapacak
      throw error;
    }
    throw error;
  }
});

// Kullanım:
(async () => {
  const result = await rateLimitedCall('Node.js async/await nedir?');
  console.log(result);
})();

// Toplu işlem örneği:
async function processBatch(prompts) {
  const promises = prompts.map(p => rateLimitedCall(p));
  return await Promise.all(promises);
}

✅ 1. Header'ları Takip Edin (Monitor Headers)

def check_rate_limits(response_headers):
    """Response header'larından limit bilgisi al"""
    remaining_requests = int(response_headers.get(
        'x-ratelimit-remaining-requests', 0
    ))
    remaining_tokens = int(response_headers.get(
        'x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens', 0
    ))

    print(f"Kalan istek: {remaining_requests}")
    print(f"Kalan token: {remaining_tokens}")

    # Limit dolmak üzereyse uyar
    if remaining_requests < 10:
        print("⚠️ Dikkat: İstek limiti dolmak üzere!")

    if remaining_tokens < 1000:
        print("⚠️ Dikkat: Token limiti dolmak üzere!")

✅ 2. Batch Processing (Toplu İşlem)

Birden fazla isteği gruplayın (group multiple requests):

• ✅ Tek seferde 20 kullanıcı sorusu varsa, batch'leyip sırayla gönderin
• ✅ Her 100ms'de bir istek gönderin (stay under limit)
• ❌ Hepsini aynı anda göndermeyin (don't send all at once)

✅ 3. Model Seçimi (Model Selection)

✅ 4. Streaming Kullanın (Use Streaming)

Uzun cevaplar için stream mode daha iyi UX sağlar (better UX for long responses):

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Yapay zeka nedir?"}],
    stream=True  # Streaming aktif
)

for chunk in stream:
    if chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end='')

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   - Kredi kartı veya PayPal (credit card or PayPal)

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   Tier 4 → Tier 5: Toplam $1,000+ + 30+ gün

4️⃣ Kontrol Et (Check Status):
   - Settings > Limits
   - Güncel tier'ınızı görebilirsiniz
      

? Maliyet Hesaplama (Cost Calculation)

GPT-3.5-turbo (Aralık 2025):
  Input:  $0.0005 / 1K token
  Output: $0.0015 / 1K token

GPT-4-turbo (Aralık 2025):
  Input:  $0.01 / 1K token
  Output: $0.03 / 1K token

Örnek (Example):
  1000 kullanıcı, her biri 500 token soru + 1000 token cevap
  GPT-3.5: (500*0.0005 + 1000*0.0015) * 1000 = $1,750
  GPT-4:   (500*0.01 + 1000*0.03) * 1000 = $35,000
      

? Usage Tracking Kodu (Usage Tracking Code)

"""
API kullanımını logla ve analiz et
"""

import json
from datetime import datetime
from collections import defaultdict

class APIUsageTracker:
    def __init__(self):
        self.usage_log = []

    def log_request(self, model, tokens_used, cost, success=True):
        """Her API isteğini logla"""
        entry = {
            'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat(),
            'model': model,
            'tokens': tokens_used,
            'cost': cost,
            'success': success
        }
        self.usage_log.append(entry)

        # Dosyaya kaydet
        with open('api_usage.json', 'a') as f:
            f.write(json.dumps(entry) + '\n')

    def get_daily_stats(self):
        """Günlük istatistikler"""
        today = datetime.now().date()
        daily_data = defaultdict(lambda: {'requests': 0, 'tokens': 0, 'cost': 0})

        for entry in self.usage_log:
            entry_date = datetime.fromisoformat(entry['timestamp']).date()
            if entry_date == today:
                model = entry['model']
                daily_data[model]['requests'] += 1
                daily_data[model]['tokens'] += entry['tokens']
                daily_data[model]['cost'] += entry['cost']

        return daily_data

    def alert_if_high_usage(self, threshold_cost=100):
        """Yüksek maliyet uyarısı"""
        stats = self.get_daily_stats()
        total_cost = sum(m['cost'] for m in stats.values())

        if total_cost > threshold_cost:
            print(f"⚠️ UYARI: Günlük maliyet ${total_cost:.2f} - "
                  f"threshold (${threshold_cost}) aşıldı!")
            return True
        return False

# Kullanım:
tracker = APIUsageTracker()

def tracked_api_call(prompt, model='gpt-3.5-turbo'):
    try:
        response = client.chat.completions.create(
            model=model,
            messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
        )

        # Kullanımı logla
        tokens = response.usage.total_tokens
        cost = calculate_cost(model, tokens)  # Kendi fonksiyonunuz
        tracker.log_request(model, tokens, cost, success=True)

        return response

    except Exception as e:
        tracker.log_request(model, 0, 0, success=False)
        raise e

# Her gün kontrol et
tracker.alert_if_high_usage(threshold_cost=50)

? Prometheus/Grafana ile Monitoring

from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram, start_http_server

# Metrikler
api_requests_total = Counter(
    'openai_api_requests_total',
    'Total API requests',
    ['model', 'status']
)

api_tokens_used = Counter(
    'openai_api_tokens_total',
    'Total tokens used',
    ['model', 'type']
)

api_latency = Histogram(
    'openai_api_latency_seconds',
    'API latency',
    ['model']
)

# Monitored API call
def monitored_api_call(prompt, model='gpt-3.5-turbo'):
    with api_latency.labels(model=model).time():
        try:
            response = client.chat.completions.create(
                model=model,
                messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
            )

            # Success metriği
            api_requests_total.labels(model=model, status='success').inc()

            # Token metriği
            api_tokens_used.labels(
                model=model, type='prompt'
            ).inc(response.usage.prompt_tokens)
            api_tokens_used.labels(
                model=model, type='completion'
            ).inc(response.usage.completion_tokens)

            return response

        except Exception as e:
            api_requests_total.labels(model=model, status='error').inc()
            raise e

# Prometheus server başlat
start_http_server(8000)  # http://localhost:8000/metrics