name: Autotrader Rate Limits
description: Autotrader Connect APIs implement a fair usage rate limiting policy to protect partners from incidents and outages. Rate limits are applied per API service and enforced via HTTP 429 responses. Specific rate limit values are not publicly documented and are defined per partner agreement.
url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
contact: partner.support@autotrader.co.uk
limits:
  - name: Fair Usage Policy
    description: Rate limits are applied to each API service to protect all partners from incidents and outages. Partners who exceed their rate limit will receive a 429 Too Many Requests response.
    type: fair-use
    response_code: 429
    notes: Contact partner.support@autotrader.co.uk to discuss current limits
  - name: Authentication Token Expiry
    description: Access tokens obtained from the authentication endpoint expire after 15 minutes. Applications must re-authenticate to obtain a new token.
    type: token-ttl
    value: 15
    unit: minutes
  - name: Credential Inactivity
    description: API credentials may be removed if unused for 90 days in either Sandbox or Production environments.
    type: inactivity
    value: 90
    unit: days
environments:
  - name: Production
    base_url: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    authentication_url: https://api.autotrader.co.uk/authenticate
  - name: Sandbox
    base_url: https://api-sandbox.autotrader.co.uk
    authentication_url: https://api-sandbox.autotrader.co.uk/authenticate