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: Documint
providerId: documint
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Document Generation
- PDF
- Templates
- API
- Workflow
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  Documint's primary throttle is the per-plan monthly merge bundle (every
  generated document counts as one merge). Per-second numeric API ceilings
  are not enumerated in public docs. The REST API is gated to the Platinum
  tier and above.
notes: >-
  Reconciled flagged false until per-second numeric ceilings and concrete
  per-plan merge bundles are publicly documented. 429 is returned when
  bundles are exhausted or throttles are hit.
sources:
- https://documint.me/pricing
- https://documint.me/integrations/rest-api
- https://docs.documint.me/
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Per-plan monthly merges
  scope: account
  metric: merges/month
  limit: see plan
  notes: Each generated document = 1 merge.
- name: REST API requests
  scope: api_token
  metric: requests
  limit: see Documint docs
  notes: 429 on excess; numeric per-second ceiling not publicly documented.
- name: REST API gating
  scope: account
  metric: plan-gate
  limit: Platinum and Enterprise only
  notes: Lower tiers (Silver, Gold) cannot call the REST API.
policies:
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Honor 429; use exponential backoff.
- name: API key scoping
  description: Use api_key request header; one key per integration.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com