Stage 1 · Lesson 8 of 8
Rate limits and quotas
cap how many requests you can send, such as 100 per minute or 10,000 per day. This cap is called a . Go over it and the API answers 429 Too Many Requests.
A workflow that loops through 2,000 contacts can hit that in seconds. So read each API's limits first. Process large lists in batches: small groups, with a short wait between them.
If the API sends a Retry-After , it is telling you how long to wait, so respect it. Your automation tool also has its own limits and billing units, which you will meet in the next stage.
Common traptesting with five records, going live with five thousand and watching the workflow fail halfway through, leaving half the records updated and half not.
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Resources for this stage
Start with· follow one of these
- GuideFreeMDN: HTTP
Mozilla · Beginner
Read the overview, methods, status codes and headers pages: the HTTP every automation tool sits on
- GuideFreeJavaScript.info
Ilya Kantor
The JSON methods and objects chapters teach you to read and reshape the data each step passes on
Practise
Keep handy
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Status codes, pagination, idempotency and rate limits from the API side, so you know what to expect as a caller