Rate limits

Shippo has different rate limits depending on the endpoint and the HTTP verb that is being used (GET, POST, PUT, etc...). Below are the different rate limits defined within Shippo.

All listed rate limits are per minute. Exceeding the rate limit will give a 429 error.

Limits

Endpoint POST PUT Live / Test GET(single) Live / Test GET(multiple) Live / Test PUT Live / Test
Address 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Parcel 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Shipment 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Rate 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Transaction 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Customs Item 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Customs Declaration 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Refund 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Manifest 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Carrier Account 500 / 50 4000 / 400 50 / 10 500 / 50
Batch 50 / 10 400 / 40 50 / 10 —
Tracking 750 / 50 500 / 50 — —

GET Single vs GET Multiple

  • GET  Single  --  https://api.goshippo.com/endpoint/:object_id  request a specific object from that endpoint using the object's  object_id .
  • GET  Multiple  --  https://api.goshippo.com/endpoint/  request a list of objects from a given endpoint. See our  Filtering tutorial  for details on returning specific results.

Need higher limits?

Contact us if you require higher rate limits than those found above.