OMDb · Rate Limits

Omdb Rate Limits

OMDb enforces daily request quotas tied to API key tier. Free keys are capped at 1,000 requests per day. Patreon patrons receive elevated daily limits. There is no documented per-minute or per-second burst limit in official documentation, though community reports indicate approximately 100 calls per 60 seconds per connection for sustained bursting.

Omdb Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for OMDb on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 3 rate-limit definitions.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Movies, Television, Entertainment, Metadata, and Ratings.

3 Limits
Method: generated, dated 2026-06-12.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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MoviesTelevisionEntertainmentMetadataRatingsPostersIMDbOpen Data

Limits

Free Daily Request Limit free-tier
· per {"unit" => "day", "value" => 1}
Exceeding the limit returns a 401 error with the message "Request limit reached!" Users must wait for the daily reset or upgrade to a Patreon tier.
Patron Daily Request Limit patron-tier
· per {"unit" => "day", "value" => 1}
Exact quota depends on active Patreon tier. Poster API requests (img.omdbapi.com) count separately toward the patron's daily limit.
Sustained Burst Rate connection
· per {"unit" => "second", "value" => 60}
This limit is derived from community observation and is not part of official OMDb documentation. Exceeding this rate may result in temporary throttling.

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