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: home-depot
providerId: home-depot
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Retail
  - E-Commerce
  - Home Improvement
  - Supplier
  - Rate Limiting
notes: Home Depot does not publish public API rate limits. Supplier Hub and partner-program endpoints are
  authenticated and any documented numeric ceilings are exposed to onboarded partners only. Limits are
  governed by the bilateral partner agreement.
sources:
  - https://supplierhub.homedepot.com/
  - https://corporate.homedepot.com/
description: No public rate-limit documentation; controls live in the bilateral partner agreement.
limits:
  - tier: partner
    name: Partner Limit
    scope: contract
    metric: varies
    limit: 'see Supplier Hub / partner agreement'
    applies:
      - Home Depot API
    notes: No publicly published numeric ceiling.
policies:
  - name: Bilateral Disclosure
    description: All rate-limit and SLA terms are exchanged during partner / supplier onboarding under NDA.
  - name: Backoff Strategy
    description: Implement exponential backoff with jitter on 429 / 503 responses; consult the Supplier
      Hub for any documented Retry-After conventions.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com