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June 7, 2023
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Understanding what is a "Reasonable" number of API Calls

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I am hoping to use Adobe Stock and Adobe Stock API for an application that I am building. I want to get a sense of the API call limits so that I can determine if Adobe is a good fit. I found in the FAQ that there is no specific limit, but that it is limited not "unreasonable" and I want to understand approximately where the threshold is for "reasonable" vs "unreasonable".

 

My assumption is that it is a more flexible definition (otherwise Adobe would have provided a specific number), but I want to get a sense of the order of magnitude so that I can proceed appropriately. 

 

Generally speaking... 
1. Would 10,000 per day be reasonable?

2. Would 100,000 per day be reasonable?

3. Would 1 million per day be reasonable?

 

(I see that on Shutterstock there are certain paid plans that offer up to 1,000 per minute (~1.4 million per day))

 

This is what I found on the FAQ

"What are the API calls limits?

Currently we do not limit number of API requests, however we are monitoring usage and reserve the right to limit API calls or refuse API access for API keys which generate an unreasonable number of API calls."

Stock API FAQs and supplemental info (adobe.com)

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Christopher at Adobe
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 7, 2023

Hi. 

 

Can you please email stockapis@adobe.com and let us know what your use case is? You haven't told us which APIs you plan to call (Search/License/Download/Files/License History, etc). Each endpoint has a different capacity, so we'd want to help you optimize. We'd also want to know if you are doing this as a pure partner, or if you are also a customer. Do you have any estimate of your traffic, or is this a brand new site?

 

Thanks,

Christopher