Imgur Upload Failed "server replied: Too Many Requests"

[jbagwell27]

Flameshot Version

Flameshot v12.1.0 (-)
Compiled with Qt 5.15.12
linux: 6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64
fedora: 40

Installation Type

Linux, MacOS, or Windows Package manager (apt, pacman, eopkg, choco, brew, ...)

Operating System type and version

Fedora 40

Description

Trying to upload to imgur, I receive the following error
Error transferring https://api.imgur.com/3/image?title=&description=2024-08-30_11-29 - server replied: Too Many Requests

Steps to reproduce

1. Run flameshot gui
2. select a region on primary monitor
3. click the upload button (cloud with arrow icon)
4. error message appears

Screenshots or screen recordings

System Information

System Details Report

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Report details

• Date generated: 2024-08-30 11:37:50

Hardware Information:

• Hardware Model: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI
• Memory: 32.0 GiB
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i9-9900K × 16
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
• Disk Capacity: 600.1 GB

Software Information:

• Firmware Version: F6
• OS Name: Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition)
• OS Build: (null)
• OS Type: 64-bit
• GNOME Version: 46
• Windowing System: X11
• Kernel Version: Linux 6.10.6-200.fc40.x86_64

Display Information

-Number of Monitors 2 -Display Resolution 1920x1080 -Refresh Rate 165Hz, 144Hz

[ManrahulBajwa]

Facing same on Xubuntu 24.0

[mmahmoudian]

The error is pretty self-explanatory. You are using our account to upload (along with thousands of other users) and running out of quota. We have explained the solution in our documentation:

https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/imgur-help/#creating-your-own-custom-client-id