The Guardian · Rate Limits
Guardian Rate Limits
The Guardian Content API enforces rate limits per developer API key. The free developer tier allows up to 12 requests per second and 5,000 requests per day. Commercial keys have higher or negotiated limits. Exceeding limits results in API errors and temporary blocking.
Guardian Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for The Guardian on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second and requests_per_day.
The profile also includes 4 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.
Tagged areas include Rate Limiting, News, and Media.
4 Limits
Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingNewsMedia
Limits
Requests per second (developer tier) api-key
12
Requests per day (developer tier) api-key
5000
Requests per second (commercial tier) api-key
-1
Requests per day (commercial tier) api-key
-1
Policies
API key required
All requests must include a valid api-key query parameter. Requests without a key are rejected.
Daily limit reset
Daily request quotas reset at midnight UTC.
Non-commercial restriction
The free developer key is restricted to non-commercial use. Commercial projects must obtain a commercial API key.
Student and research projects
Non-profit, academic, and student projects qualify for the free developer tier with standard limits.