specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: AutoZone
providerId: autozone
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
notes: AutoZone does not publish a public API or rate-limit documentation. Limits are defined under
  bilateral commercial-account agreement.
tags:
  - Automotive Parts
  - Retail
  - Rate Limiting
description: AutoZone has no published public API. Rate limits, where they apply, are negotiated
  bilaterally with AutoZone Commercial as part of the B2B integration contract.
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: No public API
    scope: bilateral-agreement
    metric: varies
    limit: see commercial agreement
    notes: AutoZone has no published public API. Limits live in the B2B commercial-account contract.
policies:
  - name: Commercial Agreement Governs
    description: Any rate or volume restrictions live in the bilateral commercial integration contract
      rather than a public AutoZone API.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com