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, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 13 rate-limit definitions.

Limit state is signalled in the limit, interval, remaining, and reset response headers, and an exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

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

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

13 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429 Quota: 429 limitintervalremainingreset
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-25.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-25 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Commerce LayerRate LimitingQuotasSliding Window

Limits

Authentication
/oauth/token
· per 1m
Authentication requests are never cached and follow stricter limits across both environments.
Read — cacheable
/api/* (bundles, imports, markets, prices, price_lists, promotions, *_promotions, skus, sku_options, stock_items, stock_locations)
· per 1m
Sum of requests to all cacheable resource endpoints in this class.
Read — cacheable
/api/*
· per 1m
Read — cacheable
/api/*
· per 10s
Read — cacheable
/api/*
· per 10s
Read — uncacheable
/api/* (all other resource endpoints)
· per 1m
Read — uncacheable
/api/*
· per 1m
Read — uncacheable
/api/*
· per 10s
Read — uncacheable
/api/*
· per 10s
Write — any
/api/* (POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
· per 1m
Write — any
/api/*
· per 1m
Write — any
/api/*
· per 10s
Write — any
/api/*
· per 10s

Sources

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