generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source:
- https://developers.bazaarvoice.com/v1.0-ConversationsAPI/docs/api-rate-limit
- https://developers.bazaarvoice.com/v1.0-TransactionsAPI/docs/rate-limit-headers
- openapi/_original/bazaarvoice-product-sentiment-openapi.json
model: per-api-key
signaling: response-headers
status_on_exhaustion: 429
description: >-
  Bazaarvoice rate-limits each API key by queries-per-minute (QPM) plus an hourly quota. Numeric
  allotments are set per key in the Bazaarvoice Portal and are NOT published as universal defaults;
  a client reads its current allotment and usage from the response headers on every call, and can
  also see the allotment for each key in the portal's API Key Management application. The
  Transactions API publishes its own rate-limit-headers page describing the same header family.
  The Product Sentiment API is the one product whose OpenAPI declares the exhaustion response
  explicitly - a 429 with application/problem+json.
limit_count: 0
limit_count_note: >-
  Zero is the honest answer: Bazaarvoice publishes the mechanism and the headers but no numeric
  limit. The one number that appears in the docs (60 QPM) is captioned as an example of one
  client's configuration, not a default, so it is not recorded as a limit.
headers:
- name: X-Bazaarvoice-QPM-Allotted
  meaning: Maximum queries-per-minute capacity set on the API key.
- name: X-Bazaarvoice-QPM-Current
  meaning: Current count of calls applied against the QPM limit.
- name: X-Bazaarvoice-Quota-Allotted
  meaning: Maximum number of calls allowed on an hourly basis.
- name: X-Bazaarvoice-Quota-Current
  meaning: Current count of calls made in the current hourly period.
- name: X-Bazaarvoice-Quota-Reset
  meaning: Time at which the current quota window resets.
- name: X-Bazaarvoice-Error-Detail
  meaning: Error message returned when a limit is exceeded.
deprecated_headers:
- X-Bazaarvoice-QPS-Allotted
- X-Bazaarvoice-QPS-Current
retry_after: false
retry_after_note: No Retry-After header is documented; clients are expected to read X-Bazaarvoice-Quota-Reset.
scopes:
- scope: per-key
  window: 1 minute
  limit: null
  burst: null
  note: QPM allotment, set per API key in the Bazaarvoice Portal.
- scope: per-key
  window: 1 hour
  limit: null
  burst: null
  note: Hourly quota, set per API key in the Bazaarvoice Portal.
limits: []
notes: >-
  QPS-based headers are deprecated in favour of QPM. Numeric limits vary per key; the docs example
  (60 QPM) is one client's configuration, not a default.