Rate limiting

The returned HTTP headers of any API request show your current rate limit status:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Serialized-RateLimit-Limit: 10000
Serialized-RateLimit-Remaining: 9999
Serialized-RateLimit-Reset: 1506939198
...
​
{
  "aggregateId": "..."
}
Header name
Description
Serialized-RateLimit-Limit
The maximum number of requests you are permitted to make per hour.
Serialized-RateLimit-Remaining
The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
Serialized-RateLimit-Reset
The time at which the current rate limit window resets in UTC epoch seconds.
Exceeding the limits
If you exceed the rate limit, an error response returns:
HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Content-Type: application/json
Serialized-RateLimit-Limit: 10000
Serialized-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
Serialized-RateLimit-Reset: 1506939198
​
{
  "code": 429,
  "message": "You have requested this resource too often. Slow down."
}

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Header name	Description
Serialized-RateLimit-Limit	The maximum number of requests you are permitted to make per hour.
Serialized-RateLimit-Remaining	The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
Serialized-RateLimit-Reset	The time at which the current rate limit window resets in UTC epoch seconds.