# Rate Limits

One request is allowed every (n) number of seconds. Requests that exceed this limit will receive a 429 Too Many Requests response.

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Note the maximum timerange that can be requested by all API's is 31 days. This limit applies to all API calls for retrieving data.
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AlphaX applies a maximum of 843000 datapoints into the aggregation (i.e. Raw records that will be grouped and sorted). A maximum of 105120 datapoints will be outputted per sensor in the API output.
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#### **Reading Data**

Rate limiting applies to the rate at which you can request API data from the conduit service. limits are based on the AlphaX IoT subscription assigned to the users token.

* Standard: Rate limited to 1 call per 10 seconds, 1000 record limit
* Pro: Rate limited to 1 call per second, 1000 record limit
* Enterprise: No Rate limits apply.

NOTE: We recommend requesting one large amount of data up to 31 days rather than many small requests.

#### **Writing Data**

* Standard: Rate limited to 100 writes per second.
* Pro: Rate limited to 100 writes per second.
* Enterprise: No Rate limits apply.


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