Rate limits

Your access to the API is limited to 100 requests per rolling 5 minutes with no more than 5 requests per second. If you exceed this limit, you will receive an error.

ErrorMeaning
429Too Many Requests – You’re requesting too many kittens! Slow down!

If you hit the rate limit, the following tips may be useful:

  • If you are running consecutive queries that are almost identical, have you considered crafting your query to use OR operators? For example, instead of making two requests to search for a URL, pass one and separate each URL with an OR operator.