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tawfique02
Oct 14, 2025

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Answered by Dharaneesh20 Oct 14, 2025

🧭 How to Officially Request a GitHub API Rate Limit Review

  1. Go to the official support contact page:
    🔗 https://support.github.com/contact

  2. Select:

    • Category: “API and Integrations” or “GitHub.com”
    • Topic: “API Rate Limit Increase Request” (or “Something else” if that option isn’t visible)

  3. In the description box, include the details you already wrote:

    OAuth App Name: Shadow OSINT Engine
GitHub Username: tawfique02
Repository URL: https://github.com/tawfique02/anonymous-osint
Justification: The current default API rate limit (5,000 requests/hour) is insufficient for large-scale data analysis required by this tool. The limit reduction causes functionality degradation for users relying on…
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