Default limits
Rate limits are applied per account, not per API token. All tokens belonging to the same account share the same quota.
Rate limit headers
When you approach or exceed the rate limit, the API returns standard rate limit headers:Handling rate limits
When you exceed the limit, the API returns a429 Too Many Requests response:
- Implement exponential backoff - wait and retry with increasing delays
- Respect
Retry-After- wait at least the indicated number of seconds - Batch where possible - use bulk endpoints to reduce the number of requests
- Cache responses - avoid re-fetching data that hasn’t changed