TheFork · Rate Limits

Thefork Rate Limits

TheFork enforces rate limiting at its Kong API gateway. Limits are applied per partner/credential at a default level defined in the partner contract rather than published as fixed public numbers; partners can request revisions through TheFork's support/integrations team. Exceeding the limit returns HTTP 429. The limit values themselves are not disclosed publicly and depend on the agreement.

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

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring varies.

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

Tagged areas include Rate Limiting, Restaurant, Reservations, and Point Of Sale.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingRestaurantReservationsPoint Of Sale

Limits

Per-partner request rate (B2B API) key
varies
contract-defined; not publicly published
Enforced at the Kong gateway per credential. Contact support to adjust.
Per-partner request rate (POS API) key
varies
contract-defined; not publicly published
Enforced at the Kong gateway per credential.

Policies

Contract-scoped limits
Default rate limits are defined in the partner contract and can be revised by contacting TheFork support/integrations.
Gateway enforcement
Rate limiting and IP allowlisting are applied by Kong gateway plugins at a single public entry point.
Token reuse
Bearer tokens last 8600 seconds; partners must reuse a valid token rather than requesting new tokens before expiry to avoid overloading the system.
Retry and resilience
For POS callbacks TheFork may retry on 5xx responses; clients should make handlers idempotent.

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