Abstract API · Rate Limits

Abstract Api Rate Limits

Abstract enforces a per-API-key ceiling measured in requests per SECOND, plus a plan quota measured per month or per year. Both are scoped to one product's key — there is no account-level pooled limit. Exhausting the per-second ceiling returns 429; exhausting the plan quota returns 422.

Abstract Api Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Abstract API on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second and request.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled, quotaExceeded, and note.

Tagged areas include Data Validation, Geolocation, Email Verification, and Rate Limiting.

5 Limits Throttle: 429 Quota: 422
Data ValidationGeolocationEmail VerificationRate Limiting

Limits

Free tier rate ceiling — Email Validation / Email Reputation api-key
requests_per_second · second
3
Free tier rate ceiling — IP Geolocation api-key
requests_per_second · second
1
Paid tier rate ceiling (Starter / Standard / Professional) api-key
requests_per_second · second
3
Enterprise rate ceiling api-key
requests_per_second · second
Plan quota api-key
request · month

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