# Rate Limiting

Capping how many requests a client can send in a period.

## What is **Rate Limiting**?

**Rate limiting** caps how many requests a client may send in a period (like 100 per minute) to protect the API from overload and abuse; extra requests get `429`.

Level: Freelancer · [More REST API terms at this level](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/subjects/rest-api/freelancer)

Updated: September 27, 2026

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