Magic Eden · Rate Limits

Magic Eden Rate Limits

Magic Eden publishes per-surface per-minute (QPM) rate limits for the public API and recommends adding a small inter-request timeout when batching. Higher limits are issued by request via the Airtable intake forms. Instruction endpoints are gated by Bearer API keys.

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

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_minute.

The profile also includes 4 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include NFT, Marketplace, Multi-chain, and Rate Limiting.

4 Limits Throttle: 429
NFTMarketplaceMulti-chainRate Limiting

Limits

Solana Public ip
requests_per_minute
120
Default public limit; equivalent to ~2 QPS. Instruction endpoints require a Bearer API key.
EVM Public ip
requests_per_minute
180
Default public limit. Instruction endpoints require a Bearer API key.
Ordinals Public shared
requests_per_minute
30
Unauthenticated requests share a single demo key, so 429s are possible.
Authenticated api_key
requests_per_minute
see form
Higher limits issued per request via the Airtable API key form.

Policies

Bearer Authorization
Authenticated requests use `Authorization Bearer ` HTTP header.
Inter-Request Delay
Add a small timeout between batch requests to avoid connection refusal.
Backoff On 429
Apply exponential backoff with jitter when receiving 429 responses.
Key Request Forms
US and non-US Airtable intake forms gate higher limits and instruction endpoint access.

Sources