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: PDF Generator API
providerId: pdfgeneratorapi
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
reconciled: false
tags:
- PDF
- Document Generation
- Templates
- Reporting
- Workspaces
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
description: >-
  PDF Generator API meters usage primarily through monthly document credits
  (one credit per generated document) and per-plan caps on templates and
  workspaces, rather than publishing fixed per-second request rate limits in
  its developer documentation. Authentication tokens (JWT) are short-lived and
  must be regenerated frequently. Specific per-second/per-minute request
  throttling values are not reconciled in this artifact.
notes: >-
  Verify any request throttling, concurrency limits on async/batch generation,
  and credit overage behavior against the developer docs and account settings
  during reconciliation. Test documents do not consume monthly credits.
sources:
- https://docs.pdfgeneratorapi.com/v4/
- https://pdfgeneratorapi.com/pricing
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Monthly Document Credits
  scope: account
  metric: documents
  limit: per plan (50 to 250,000 per month)
  notes: One credit consumed per generated document; varies by subscription plan.
- name: Templates
  scope: account
  metric: templates
  limit: per plan (5 to unlimited)
  notes: Maximum stored templates allowed, varies by plan.
- name: Workspaces
  scope: account
  metric: workspaces
  limit: per plan (10 to unlimited on Team plans)
  notes: Maximum concurrent workspaces, available on Team plans.
- name: Request Throttling
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Per-second/per-minute request limits are not published; not reconciled.
policies:
- name: Token Expiration
  description: JWTs are short-lived (seconds to minutes); clients must regenerate tokens frequently.
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor Retry-After on 429 responses.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com