iStock · Rate Limits

Istock Rate Limits

iStock partner API requests run on Getty's platform and inherit Getty's per-API-key QPS limits. Specific thresholds are contract-defined; HTTP 429 indicates 'Account Over Queries Per Second Limit.'

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

It captures 1 rate-limit definition, measuring requests-per-second.

The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Stock Media, Images, Video, Illustrations, and Royalty-Free.

1 Limits Throttle: 429
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Limits

Per API key account
requests-per-second
contract-defined
Returns 'Account Over Queries Per Second Limit' on overage.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
On 429, apply exponential backoff with jitter.
Caching
Cache search/metadata responses to minimize repeat traffic.

Sources

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