Pixabay · Rate Limits
Pixabay Rate Limits
Pixabay enforces a default limit of 100 requests per 60 seconds and requires 24-hour caching of results. Higher limits are available on request. The API returns standard rate-limit headers (X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset) and HTTP 429 when exceeded.
Pixabay Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Pixabay on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests and hours.
The profile also includes 2 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.
Tagged areas include Stock Media, Images, Videos, Illustrations, and Free.
2 Limits
Throttle: 429
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Limits
Default account
100 per 60 seconds
Standard limit; higher available on request.
Caching client
24h minimum
Cache results for 24 hours minimum per Pixabay TOS.
Policies
Backoff Strategy
Honor 429 with exponential backoff; check X-RateLimit-Reset.
Caching
Cache responses at least 24 hours per TOS.