# API Rate Limit Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Support\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/api-rate-limit-question/3545 "2021-12-20T13:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@God](https://community.tradovate.com/u/God)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/api-rate-limit-question/3545/2 "2021-12-21T17:33:01Z")
There’s a mention of rate limits in the doc: > **[Tradovate API](https://api.tradovate.com/#section/Request-Rate-Limits-And-Time-Penalty)** > > Documentation for the Tradovate API. and these two posts: > [@Understanding Tradovate's Rate Limits](https://community.tradovate.com/t/understanding-tradovates-rate-limits/2120): > > Tradovate limits the API requests that can be made on a second, minute, and hourly basis. As soon as a cap is reached, the server will begin responding with 429: Too Many Requests. Consumers of the API should be aware of these limitations. Useful links in understanding Tradovate’s rate limits: [https://api.tradovate.com/#section/Request-rate-limits-and-time-penalty](https://api.tradovate.com/#section/Request-rate-limits-and-time-penalty) > [@Details requested on rate limiting threshold for market data requests](https://community.tradovate.com/t/details-requested-on-rate-limiting-threshold-for-market-data-requests/3224): > > I’m finding that my project is getting hit with the rate limiter quite often when using the getChart request. I was wondering if you could please provide more specifics around the thresholds here for market data? Is there a way to increase the limitations if needed? However, the exact amount isn’t clarified exactly. Seems like the smallest request time frame that the API permits is every second. Maybe @BWeis or @Alexander could clarify. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.tradovate.com/t/api-rate-limit-question/3545)._