Rate Limits

A rate limit is the number of requests that a customer ID can make within a given time period.  Rate limits ensure that EBSCO maintains a high quality of service.  These limits help us provide the most reliable and scalable API for our partner developer communities.

Rate Limits

• Live Rate Limit per Customer ID - 500 requests per minute
• Sandbox Rate Limit per Customer ID - 500 requests per minute

Rate Limit Error

When a customer ID has reached their rate limit, LinkIQ will return an API response with an HTTPS Code of 429, Too Many Requests, with the following JSON body:

   {
       "message": "Limit Exceeded"
   }