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Goodhire Rate Limits

GoodHire does not publish fixed numeric rate limits for its API. Because access is gated (API keys issued via api@goodhire.com) and background checks are billed per completed report, throughput in practice is governed by account provisioning and screening volume rather than by a documented per-minute request cap. The sandbox environment (api-sandbox.goodhire.com) returns dummy data for development. Integrations should implement retry-with-backoff, prefer webhook notifications over tight polling of the Reports API, and confirm any account- or partner-specific limits with GoodHire during onboarding.

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

It captures 3 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests and reports.

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

Tagged areas include Background Checks, Employment Screening, Rate Limiting, and Quotas.

3 Limits Throttle: 429
Background ChecksEmployment ScreeningRate LimitingQuotas

Limits

API Requests account
requests
not published
No fixed numeric request-rate limit is documented; confirm during onboarding.
Report Ordering account
reports
account-provisioned
Effective throughput is governed by account provisioning and per-check billing, not a published rate cap.
Sandbox Usage account
requests
development-only
api-sandbox.goodhire.com returns dummy report data for building integrations.

Policies

Prefer Webhooks
Use webhook notifications for report status changes instead of tight polling of the Reports API.
Backoff Strategy
Implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor Retry-After on any 429 responses.
Onboarding Confirmation
Confirm account- or partner-specific throughput limits with GoodHire's integration team during API key provisioning.

Sources