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Rate limits

Request limits per API token and how to handle 429 responses.

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API requests are rate-limited per token to ensure fair usage and system stability.

Limits

Section titled “Limits”
Limit Value
Requests per minute 60

Limits apply per API token. If your integration uses multiple tokens, each token has its own independent limit.

Handling 429 responses

Section titled “Handling 429 responses”

When you exceed the limit, the API returns 429 Too Many Requests with a Retry-After header:

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Content-Type: application/json
Retry-After: 60


{ "errors": ["Rate limit exceeded"] }

The Retry-After value is the number of seconds to wait before retrying.

import requests
import time


def api_get(url, token, retries=3):
    for attempt in range(retries):
        response = requests.get(url, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"})
        if response.status_code == 429:
            wait = int(response.headers.get("Retry-After", 60))
            print(f"Rate limited. Waiting {wait}s...")
            time.sleep(wait)
            continue
        response.raise_for_status()
        return response.json()
    raise Exception("Rate limit retries exhausted")

Staying within limits

Section titled “Staying within limits”

For bulk operations — syncing a large inventory, importing many projects — space out requests to stay under 1 request per second on average.

If your integration consistently needs more than 60 requests per minute, contact support to discuss higher limits for your account.

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