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Nov 17, 2016 11:29 AM
Is the API Rate Limit tied to an API Key? Or to an APP ID? Or a combination of both?
I have developed several websites that pull and/or sync data with Airtable, and while none of them individually will generate more than 5 requests per second, I’m now concerned that (since they’re all using the same API Key) they will collectively generate more than 5 requests per second.
However, if the Rate Limit is tied to the API Key and APP ID, I have nothing to worry about as each application is built using a different Airtable Base.
Please advise! Thanks!
Nov 20, 2016 05:57 AM
I would be interested in the official line too. I always figured it’s per API key…
Nov 20, 2016 08:08 AM
Here’s the response I got:
Right now rate limiting is done by API key and source IP address. We have plans to change it to API key and base ID in the future.
Feb 23, 2017 06:58 AM
How many requests per seconds has the plus and pro account?
Feb 23, 2017 07:51 AM
AFAIK they’re all identical. Only the Enterprise version has custom limits.
May 04, 2017 09:11 AM
It mean currently an User IP can request API 5 times/second, isn’t it?
Thank you!
May 04, 2017 11:29 AM
You are correct sir.
Nov 21, 2017 06:23 AM
Does it mean that in case of having 5 parallel calls to Airtable each executed in 200ms I then need to wait for 800ms to start requesting AirTable again?
Nov 21, 2017 06:36 AM
You can do 5 calls in one second. Not 5 in 800ms. :slightly_smiling_face:
But you’ll get an error back when you’re too quick…
Nov 21, 2017 07:31 AM
I meant does it matter if I’ll have those 5 calls evenly distributed over the second or I do all of them together?