Trigger Plugin Update for one plugin only

[Nils]

Hi,

I am developing a plugin and like to test the actual commit of the development branch on my OctoPIs. For that I use the commit based update method but have to force the cache refresh. After e.g. 3 updates my PI is blocked by Github.

Would it be helpful if a plugin specific force update will be added to OctoPrints Update Manager? Like to discuss this before creating an official request.

Regards,
Nils

[Charlie_Powell]

You can add a personal access token for GitHub that will allow you to increase the rate limit from 60/hr to 5000/hr, which should get around this problem.

I get something about "Rate Limit Exceeded" when trying to update OctoPrint or plugins, help?

GitHub only allows a certain number of requests per hour for anonymous API access. You are running into the limit, which can happen if you have either a lot of plugins, or more than one OctoPrint instance trying to update within the same time slot. You can either wait until your rate limit gets reset after an hour, or configure OctoPrint so it runs authenticated requests against GitHub. To achieve the latter do the following: Log into GitHub and create a Personal Access Token. Configure t…