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Smartrecruiters Rate Limits

SmartRecruiters enforces both a per-second request rate and a concurrency cap on its API. Standard endpoints allow up to 10 requests per second; job-publication and offer-document endpoints are capped at 2 requests per second. Most endpoints permit up to 8 simultaneous requests; GET /candidates is restricted to a single concurrent request. Each API credential is treated as a separate user for rate-limit accounting. Exceeding either limit returns HTTP 429.

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

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second and concurrent_requests.

Limit state is signalled in the limit, remaining, concurrentLimit, and concurrentRemaining response headers, and an exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

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.

The profile also includes 5 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Human Resources, Recruiting, Applicant Tracking, and Rate Limiting.

4 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429 limitremainingconcurrentLimitconcurrentRemaining
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Limits

Standard Endpoints (Request Rate) api-credential
requests_per_second · second
10
Default rate limit applied to most SmartRecruiters API endpoints.
Job Publication / Offer Documents (Request Rate) api-credential
requests_per_second · second
2
Lower per-second cap for job-publication and offer-document endpoints.
Standard Endpoints (Concurrency) api-credential
concurrent_requests
8
Maximum simultaneous in-flight requests across most endpoints.
GET /candidates (Concurrency) api-credential
concurrent_requests
1
GET /candidates is restricted to one concurrent request per credential.

Policies

Per-Credential Accounting
Each API credential is treated as a separate user for rate-limit tracking; sharing a credential across services compounds the same caps.
Distribute Load
SmartRecruiters recommends distributing requests throughout the day rather than clustering them at peak times.
Long Timeouts
Set client request timeouts to a minimum of 128 seconds to avoid spurious retries under concurrency pressure.
Bulk via Reporting API
Use the SmartRecruiters Reporting API for bulk data retrieval; it is optimized for high-volume transfers and bypasses some of the standard endpoint constraints.
Backoff on 429
On HTTP 429, implement exponential backoff with jitter and consult X-RateLimit-* headers to reschedule.

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