generated: '2026-08-01'
method: searched
source: https://api.morningconsult.com/docs/#rate-limits
api: morning-consult:morning-consult-api
summary: >-
  Morning Consult meters the API in named buckets. Endpoints sharing a bucket draw on
  the same counter; different buckets are metered separately. Unless noted, limits are
  per-minute and the window resets 60 seconds after the first request in it.
signaling:
  style: headers
  headers:
  - name: X-Rate-Limit-Limit
    description: The rate limit maximum for the current request.
  - name: X-Rate-Limit-Remaining
    description: The number of requests left in the current period.
  - name: X-Rate-Limit-Reset
    description: The time at which the rate limit resets, in UTC epoch milliseconds.
  exceeded_status: 429
  example_within_limits: 'HTTP/1.1 200 / X-Rate-Limit-Limit: 200 / X-Rate-Limit-Remaining:
    179 / X-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1633538752414'
  example_exceeded: 'HTTP/1.1 429 / X-Rate-Limit-Limit: 200 / X-Rate-Limit-Remaining:
    0 / X-Rate-Limit-Reset: 1633538752414'
buckets:
- bucket: Auth
  limit_count: 20
  window: minute
  notes: >-
    Credential exchange requests are additionally limited to one per second and 20 per
    minute per username. Refresh-token requests are limited to 30 per minute.
  endpoints:
  - POST /auth/token
- bucket: Metadata
  limit_count: 200
  window: minute
  endpoints:
  - GET /data_sources
  - GET /categories
  - GET /entities
  - GET /data_sources/{data_source_id}/countries/{country_code}/questions
  - GET /data_sources/{data_source_id}/countries/{country_code}/questions/{question_id}
  - GET /scores
  - GET /scores/{score_id}/data_sources
  - GET /responses/bulk/{request_id}
- bucket: Data
  limit_count: 200
  window: minute
  endpoints:
  - POST /responses
  - POST /scores
- bucket: Data Bridge
  limit_count: 100
  window: day
  notes: Enforced per day (100 requests per 24-hour window) rather than per minute.
  endpoints:
  - POST /responses/bulk
- bucket: AI
  limit_count: 20
  window: 5-minutes
  notes: AI requests are limited to 20 requests per rolling 5-minute window.
  endpoints:
  - POST /ai/resolve
deprecated_buckets:
- note: >-
    The legacy /v1/surveys/syndicated/* endpoints (sunset 2026-10-01) carry their own
    published table with the same bucket names — Auth 20/min, Metadata 200/min,
    Data 200/min, Data Bridge 100/day for POST /surveys/syndicated/timeseries/batch,
    and AI 4 for POST /ai/resolve in the deprecated reference.
  source: https://api.morningconsult.com/docs/#deprecated-rate-limits
rate_limits:
- limit_count: 20
  limit_period: minute
  name: Auth bucket
- limit_count: 200
  limit_period: minute
  name: Metadata bucket
- limit_count: 200
  limit_period: minute
  name: Data bucket
- limit_count: 100
  limit_period: day
  name: Data Bridge bucket
- limit_count: 20
  limit_period: 5-minutes
  name: AI bucket