name: BreezoMeter Rate Limits
description: BreezoMeter APIs are governed by daily quota limits per account, stored
  in the API key configuration. The quota model restricts the number of data objects
  returned per day rather than requests per second, making it a usage-based quota
  system tied to the account plan.
url: https://docs.breezometer.com/api-documentation/introduction/
rateLimits:
  - name: Daily Object Quota
    description: Every BreezoMeter account is restricted to a specific number of
      data objects it can receive on a daily basis. The quota resets at midnight UTC.
    scope: account
    period: daily
    enforcement:
      freeAccount: Requests are blocked for the remainder of the day when the daily
        quota is exceeded. Quota resets at midnight of the following day.
      paidAccount: Additional charges apply for objects received above the daily quota
        threshold. No hard blocking occurs on paid accounts.
    notes: The API key stores permissions, rate limits, daily quota, API usage, and
      billing information associated with the account. Quotas are tied to the API
      key rather than individual endpoints.
  - name: API Key Permissions
    description: Each API key has specific permissions controlling which APIs and
      features the account can access. Requests to unauthorized APIs or features return
      permission errors.
    scope: api-key
    period: N/A
    notes: API keys can be configured to grant access to specific APIs (Air Quality,
      Pollen, Wildfire Tracker+, Weather, Environmental Alerts) and specific feature
      sets within those APIs.
authentication:
  type: API Key
  parameterName: key
  parameterLocation: query
  description: All API requests require an API key passed as the 'key' query parameter.
    API keys are obtained by signing up at developers.breezometer.com. The key encodes
    the account's quota, permissions, and billing configuration.
  example: 'https://api.breezometer.com/air-quality/v2/current-conditions?lat=32.074&lon=34.793&key=YOUR_API_KEY'
errorCodes:
  - code: 401
    description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
  - code: 404
    description: Not Found - Incorrect endpoint URL
  - code: 429
    description: Too Many Requests - Daily quota exceeded (free accounts)
notes: BreezoMeter was acquired by Google in September 2022. Rate limit specifics
  for new accounts are managed through Google Maps Platform. The original BreezoMeter
  rate limit model used daily object quotas rather than per-second request limits,
  which is atypical and reflects the environmental data provider model where each
  query may return multiple data objects (pollutants, forecast days, pollen types).