generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://developer.drip.com/#rate-limiting
docs: https://developer.drip.com/#rate-limiting
description: >-
  Drip publishes its rate limits in the API reference and returns them at
  runtime. The standard limit is 3,600 requests per hour; batch endpoints are
  capped much lower at 50 requests per hour but carry up to 1,000 records each,
  which is how Drip expects high-volume imports to be done. Two endpoints
  carry their own separate, tighter limits. Two different 429 envelopes are in
  use — the global limiter returns a bare {"message", "documentation"} object,
  while the newer per-endpoint limiters return the standard errors[] envelope
  and a Retry-After header.
provider: Drip
providerId: drip
base_url: https://api.getdrip.com

headers:
  request:
    - name: User-Agent
      note: Drip asks that every request identify the calling application.
  response:
    - name: X-RateLimit-Limit
      example: '3600'
      note: The ceiling for the current window. Returned on all rate-limited requests.
    - name: X-RateLimit-Remaining
      example: '3597'
      note: Requests left in the current window.
    - name: Retry-After
      note: >-
        Returned on 429 by the per-endpoint limiters (send test email, email
        metrics), indicating when the limit resets. NOT documented for the
        global 3,600/hour limiter.
  standard: false
  standard_note: >-
    Drip uses the legacy X-RateLimit-* form, not the RFC 9331 RateLimit /
    RateLimit-Policy headers. There is no X-RateLimit-Reset — a client on the
    global limiter learns only the ceiling and the remainder, and must infer
    the window from the documented "try again in an hour" message.

response_codes:
  throttled: 429

limits:
  - name: Standard REST API requests
    scope: account
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 3600
    window: hour
    burst: null
    applies_to: All REST API endpoints other than the batch endpoints.
    exhausted:
      status: 429
      body: >-
        {"message": "API rate limit exceeded. Please try again in an hour.",
        "documentation": "https://www.getdrip.com/docs/rest-api#rate-limting"}
    source: https://developer.drip.com/#rate-limiting
  - name: Batch API requests
    scope: account
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 50
    window: hour
    payload_limit: 1000 records per request
    effective_throughput: 50,000 record updates per hour
    applies_to: >-
      /v2/{account_id}/subscribers/batches,
      /v2/{account_id}/unsubscribes/batches,
      /v2/{account_id}/events/batches,
      /v2/{account_id}/orders/batches and the v3 shopper activity batch
      endpoints for carts, orders and products.
    exhausted:
      status: 429
    source: https://developer.drip.com/#rate-limiting
  - name: Send a test email — per request
    scope: request
    metric: recipients_per_request
    limit: 5
    window: request
    applies_to: POST /v2/{account_id}/broadcasts/{broadcast_id}/send_test
    source: https://developer.drip.com/#send-a-test-email
  - name: Send a test email — hourly
    scope: user
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 20
    window: hour
    applies_to: POST /v2/{account_id}/broadcasts/{broadcast_id}/send_test
    exhausted:
      status: 429
      header: Retry-After
      code: rate_limit_error
      message: Hourly test email limit exceeded. Maximum 20 requests per hour.
    source: https://developer.drip.com/#send-a-test-email
  - name: Send a test email — daily
    scope: user
    metric: requests_per_day
    limit: 40
    window: day
    applies_to: POST /v2/{account_id}/broadcasts/{broadcast_id}/send_test
    source: https://developer.drip.com/#send-a-test-email
  - name: Email metrics report
    scope: account
    metric: requests_per_hour
    limit: 20
    window: hour
    applies_to: GET /v2/{account_id}/metrics/email
    note: >-
      Explicitly "its own rate limit, separate from the standard API rate
      limit". The same endpoint also enforces argument limits — a 366-day
      maximum date range, 25 workflow_ids per request, and 1,000 resolved
      emails — rejected with 400 bad_request rather than 429.
    exhausted:
      status: 429
      header: Retry-After
      code: rate_limit_exceeded
      message: 'Rate limit exceeded: at most 20 requests per account per hour.'
    source: https://developer.drip.com/#fetch-email-metrics

pagination_interaction:
  note: >-
    Collection endpoints return a maximum of 100 items per page, so a full
    subscriber export of N subscribers costs ceil(N/100) requests against the
    3,600/hour budget.

webhook_delivery:
  note: >-
    Drip also rate-limits in the other direction. If a customer's webhook
    endpoint rate-limits Drip, Drip retries for up to 3 days; any other error
    sustained for 3 days temporarily disables the webhook. Custom Dynamic
    Content endpoints get a 3-second timeout and may return 429 to ask Drip to
    retry with exponential backoff.
  source: https://developer.drip.com/#webhook-events

limit_count: 6