generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://developer.lifen.fr/docs/api-basics
docs: https://developer.lifen.fr/docs/api-basics
signalling:
  status_code: 429
  headers: []
  note: No X-RateLimit-* headers are documented on API responses.
rate_limits:
- name: Global API rate limit
  scope: all Lifen Platform FHIR API endpoints
  limit_count: 10
  interval: second
  unit: requests
- name: Patient search result cap
  scope: POST /v3/Patient/_search
  limit_count: 10
  interval: request
  unit: results
  note: Search requests on the Access Patient Information API return at most 10 results.
- name: Encounter search result cap
  scope: POST /v3/Encounter/_search
  limit_count: 10
  interval: request
  unit: results
  note: Search requests on the Access Encounter Information API return at most 10 results.
- name: Page size maximum
  scope: all list endpoints (_count parameter)
  limit_count: 100
  interval: request
  unit: results
  note: Default page size is 10 (100 for Organization and Practitioner). _count=0 is not supported.
- name: Document payload size
  scope: POST /v3/CommunicationRequest/$send-to-ehr Binary
  limit_count: 15
  interval: request
  unit: megabytes
  note: The receiving EHR may enforce a lower limit.
- name: Consumer webhook endpoint throughput
  scope: subscriber callback URL
  limit_count: 10
  interval: second
  unit: requests
  note: Lifen requires the subscriber's webhook endpoint to sustain at least 10 calls per second.