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Rate Limits

Request limits, quotas, and resilient client retry strategies.

How limits work

Each API key has a sliding one-hour request window. The size of the window depends on your plan, and Enterprise keys get the highest allowance.

Every response carries X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset headers, so a client can see how much of the window is left before it runs out.

Handling 429 responses

When a key goes over its limit, the API returns 429 with a RATE_LIMITED error code and a Retry-After header giving the number of seconds to wait.

Wait at least that long before retrying, and back off further if you are rate-limited again. Spreading scheduled jobs across the hour rather than starting them together avoids most throttling.

Need implementation support?

Enterprise support is available for higher-complexity data and workflow integrations.