xtekky/gpt4free · error · RateLimitError

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Error message

No coins left. Log in with a different account or wait a while

What it means

Raised as RateLimitError by Bing image creation when the first response body contains '0 coins left' text. Bing's image generator uses a 'coins' quota per account; zero remaining means the account cannot create images until the quota resets or another account is used.

Source

Thrown at g4f/Provider/needs_auth/bing/create_images.py:98

    Returns:
        List[str]: A list of URLs to the created images.

    Raises:
        RuntimeError: If image creation fails or times out.
    """
    if not has_requirements:
        raise MissingRequirementsError('Install "beautifulsoup4" package')
    url_encoded_prompt = quote(prompt)
    payload = f"q={url_encoded_prompt}&rt=4&FORM=GENCRE"
    url = f"{BING_URL}/images/create?q={url_encoded_prompt}&rt=4&FORM=GENCRE"
    async with session.post(
        url, allow_redirects=False, data=payload, timeout=timeout
    ) as response:
        response.raise_for_status()
        text = (await response.text()).lower()
        if "0 coins available" in text:
            raise RateLimitError(
                "No coins left. Log in with a different account or wait a while"
            )
        for error in ERRORS:
            if error in text:
                raise RuntimeError(f"Create images failed: {error}")
    if response.status != 302:
        url = f"{BING_URL}/images/create?q={url_encoded_prompt}&rt=3&FORM=GENCRE"
        async with session.post(
            url, allow_redirects=False, timeout=timeout
        ) as response:
            if response.status != 302:
                raise RuntimeError(f"Create images failed. Code: {response.status}")

    redirect_url = response.headers["Location"].replace("&nfy=1", "")
    redirect_url = f"{BING_URL}{redirect_url}"
    request_id = redirect_url.split("id=")[-1]
    async with session.get(redirect_url) as response:
        response.raise_for_status()

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Solutions

Wait for the quota window to reset before retrying
Switch to a different logged-in Bing account (different cookies)
Add rate-limit handling: catch RateLimitError and back off or fall back to another image provider

Example fix

# before
images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies)

# after
from g4f.errors import RateLimitError
try:
    images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies)
except RateLimitError:
    images = fallback_image_provider(prompt)  # or wait and retry

Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

Try / catch

from g4f.errors import RateLimitError
try:
    images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies)
except RateLimitError:
    time.sleep(3600)
    images = create_images(session, prompt, cookies)  # or switch account/provider

Prevention

Budget Bing coin usage; track how many generations per window you consume
Cache generated images by prompt hash to avoid redundant spends
Have a second image provider configured as fallback

When it happens

Trigger: Creating images while the logged-in Bing account has exhausted its generative-image coins for the period.

Common situations: Bulk image generation loops draining the quota, shared/test account already depleted, daily quota not yet reset.

Related errors

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