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Gameanalytics Rate Limits

GameAnalytics constrains its REST surfaces primarily through payload and batching limits rather than published per-minute request quotas. The Collection API enforces a 1 MB maximum POST size and recommends batching events and submitting roughly every 20 seconds with gzip compression. The Metrics API returns aggregated data with soft real-time guarantees (new data is checked hourly), which effectively bounds polling frequency. Specific per-account request-per-minute limits for the Metrics and Organization APIs are not publicly documented.

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

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions, measuring bytes, seconds, interval, and requests.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Analytics, Games, Gaming, Rate Limiting, and Quotas.

5 Limits Throttle: 429
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Limits

Collection API POST Size request
bytes
1048576
Maximum 1 MB per POST to /v2/{game_key}/events; batch and gzip event payloads.
Collection API Submission Cadence client
seconds
20
Recommended to cache events locally and submit approximately every 20 seconds.
Metrics API Data Freshness account
interval
hourly
New metric data is checked hourly (soft real-time), bounding useful polling frequency.
Metrics API Requests account
requests
see provider documentation
Per-account request limits for the Metrics API are not publicly documented.
Organization API Requests account
requests
see provider documentation
Per-account request limits for the Organization API are not publicly documented.

Policies

Batching and Compression
Collection API clients should batch events, gzip the body, and stay under the 1 MB POST size limit.
Backoff Strategy
Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor Retry-After on 429 responses.
Tiered Access
Metrics API, Organization API, and raw Data Export require a paid PipelineIQ tier; the free tier covers event collection and dashboards.

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