Commerce Layer · Rate Limits

Commerce Layer Rate Limits

Reconciled rate limits for the Commerce Layer Core API. Sliding-window algorithm, applied per IP, differentiated by HTTP method (read vs write), environment (live vs test), and resource cacheability. Counts are never reset; therefore no X-Ratelimit-Reset header is emitted. Source: https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/rate-limits.

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

It captures 13 rate-limit definitions.

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

Tagged areas include Commerce Layer, Rate Limiting, Quotas, and Sliding Window.

13 Limits Throttle: 429 Quota: 429
Commerce LayerRate LimitingQuotasSliding Window

Limits

Authentication
Authentication requests are never cached and follow stricter limits across both environments.
Read — cacheable
Sum of requests to all cacheable resource endpoints in this class.
Read — cacheable
Read — cacheable
Read — cacheable
Read — uncacheable
Read — uncacheable
Read — uncacheable
Read — uncacheable
Write — any
Write — any
Write — any
Write — any

Sources