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# 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.

| Error | Meaning                                                            |
| :---- | :----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `429` | Too 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.