Rate Limits

How daily request quotas work, what counts against them, and how to check your current usage.

Each developer account has a daily request allowance, reset at midnight UTC.

• Default quota: 24,000 requests/day (~1,000/hour) on the free tier. Higher tiers can be granted a higher allowance without any code change on your end.
• Test keys never count against your quota — build and test integrations on ik_test_... keys freely.
• Live keys count every successful request, tracked per-key so you can see which integration is using your quota.

Checking usage

Your dashboard shows:

• Requests made today (UTC)
• Requests this month
• All-time requests
• A per-key breakdown, so you can spot which integration is consuming the most quota

Designing around your quota

• Use cursor pagination rather than re-fetching the same pages repeatedly.
• Cache responses on your side when polling for updates — most news doesn’t change minute to minute.
• If your usage is trending toward your daily limit, reach out to upgrade your plan before enforcement lands.