Rate limits

Writer API calls of various categories are subject to differing rate constraints. Furthermore, the Enterprise API has its own set of restrictions.

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Please keep in mind that you can check your current rate limit status at any moment using the developer dashboard.

All client-to-server queries on Writer are associated with the authenticated developer account. This is the user who created the developer account. All requests from a Client to a server count toward the API token rate limit.

Requests from a client to a server are limited to1,000per hour and per token.

In the following cases, client-to-server requests are subject to a higher limit of 20,000 requests per hour and per API token.

The request is coming from a developer account owned by a Writer Enterprise account.

The request comes from an Auth App authorized by a Writer business partner.