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Rate Limits

API rate limits — requests per second, event limits, and file size limits.

The Carrot API enforces the following per-integrator limits.

Limits

LimitTestProduction
Requests per second510
Events per document100100
Max file upload size10 MB10 MB

Handling throttling

  • Exceeding request throughput returns a 429 response with {"message": "Too Many Requests"}.
  • Apply client-side token bucket or leaky bucket rate limiting.
  • Smooth bursts; do not rely on minute-level averages only.

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