PayFast · Rate Limits

Payfast Rate Limits

PayFast REST API requests are authenticated using merchant-id, version, timestamp, and MD5 signature headers. Specific numeric rate limits are not publicly documented; however, API access is subject to fair-use policies and standard HTTP 429 responses when limits are exceeded. All API calls require valid merchant credentials and a properly computed signature.

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

Tagged areas include Payments, Payment Gateway, South Africa, Subscription, and Recurring Billing.

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PaymentsPayment GatewaySouth AfricaSubscriptionRecurring BillingTokenizationInstant EFTQR Code PaymentsRefundsFintech

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