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Rate Limits

Guidelines for Blue API rate limiting

While the Blue API does not enforce hard rate limits, we recommend implementing your own rate limiting for optimal performance and reliability:

  1. Recommended Limit: Aim to stay within 2,500 requests per minute in production environments.
  2. Self-Implementation: Implement rate limiting in your application to ensure consistent performance.
  3. Higher Limits: If you need to handle more requests, please contact us. We may be able to increase your rate limit based on:
    • Your specific use case
    • Your current subscription level
  4. Best Practices:
    • Use efficient batching when possible to reduce the number of API calls
    • Implement exponential backoff for retries
    • Monitor your API usage to stay within recommended limits
  5. Monitoring: We continuously monitor API usage and may contact you if we notice unusually high request volumes.

For any questions about rate limits or to discuss increasing your limit, please contact our support team.