# Rate limits

Rate limits are enforced per category:

* **General API:** 100 requests per 15 minutes
* **Token creation:** 5 requests per hour
* **Upload endpoints:** 20 requests per hour

### When you exceed the limit

You will receive:

* HTTP `429 Too Many Requests`
* A standard error response body (see [Error handling](/api-reference/readme/error-handling.md))


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