Rate limits

All API requests are subject to rate limits based on the authenticated key and plan.

Response headers

Every throttled endpoint now includes:

• X-RateLimit-Limit

  – request cap for the active window

• X-RateLimit-Used

  – requests already consumed in that window

• X-RateLimit-Remaining

  – requests left before throttling

• X-RateLimit-Reset

  – Unix timestamp when the window resets

• Retry-After

  – only returned on 429 responses

Exceeding limits

When over quota the API returns:

• 429 Too Many Requests

• updated limit headers

• Retry-After

  indicating when to retry

Do not retry in a tight loop; use backoff with the returned headers.

Plan-aware limits

Current plans for the public API are:

• free
• starter
• pro

Video quotas (daily + monthly)

These quotas apply to video processing (both in the app and via the API):

Security note

Rate limits are one layer only. Keep secrets server-side and never rely on throttling as your only abuse-prevention control.