name: aWATTar API Rate Limits
description: >-
  aWATTar enforces a fair-use rate limit on its public Market Data API.
  The limit is designed to prevent abuse while allowing all legitimate
  use cases including smart home automation, EV charging control, and
  energy management applications.
specificationVersion: "0.1"
rateLimits:
  - name: Daily Fair-Use Limit
    description: >-
      Maximum of 100 HTTP GET requests per day per client IP address.
      This applies to both the Austrian endpoint (api.awattar.at) and
      the German endpoint (api.awattar.de). The API has no authentication,
      so limits are enforced by IP. For high-frequency use cases such as
      Loxone home automation systems, aWATTar has indicated tolerance for
      higher request rates (approximately 288 requests per day / every 5
      minutes) when contacted in advance.
    requests: 100
    period: day
    scope: ip
    enforcement: fair-use
    notes: >-
      Contact aWATTar support at support.awattar.at for exceptions or
      commercial arrangements requiring higher request volumes.