Foursquare · Rate Limits
Foursquare Rate Limits
Foursquare's Places API enforces per-API-key rate limits documented per endpoint in the developer docs. Specific per-second/per-minute thresholds vary by endpoint and account tier and are not published on a single consolidated page; monthly call volume governs CPM pricing tier placement.
Foursquare Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Foursquare on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring varies and requests_per_month.
The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled and quotaExceeded.
Tagged areas include Locations, Places, Geospatial, and Rate Limiting.
2 Limits
Throttle: 429
Quota: 429
LocationsPlacesGeospatialRate Limiting
Limits
Places API per-key throttling api-key
see endpoint-level documentation
Places API monthly volume tier api-key
see Pro/Premium pricing tier
Policies
Volume-tier billing
Monthly call volume rolls up to a pricing tier; charges apply per CPM (per 1,000 calls) according to the tier hit.
Backoff on 429
Implement exponential backoff with jitter on 429 responses; honor Retry-After when present.