Raising Google Drive API per-user limit does not prevent rate limit exceptions

Question

I\'m working with a process that uses the Drive API to upload plain text files to Google Drive. The process frequently hits rate limit exceptions even though the actual num

Answer 1

It means something is wrong in your configuration. You can use Drive API with low quota like what you are experiencing even when your API configuration is wrong.

1. Please check if you turned on Drive API in APIs Console > Services
2. Please check if you use correct API key or authorization flow.

If you still cannot find what causes you this error, please attach minimum code to reproduce this error.