name: PrestaShop Rate Limits
description: Rate limit information for the PrestaShop Webservice API and Admin API
url: https://devdocs.prestashop-project.org/9/webservice/
notes: >
  PrestaShop does not impose fixed platform-level rate limits on its Webservice API
  or Admin API. Since PrestaShop is primarily a self-hosted open-source platform,
  rate limits are governed by the hosting environment (server capacity, web server
  configuration, PHP settings) rather than by the PrestaShop software itself.
  Merchants and developers are advised to optimize requests and use caching to
  avoid overloading the server. For PrestaShop Hosted and Enterprise plans, any
  rate limits are determined by the hosting infrastructure.

limits:

  - name: No Platform Rate Limit
    type: requests
    scope: global
    limit: null
    period: null
    notes: >
      PrestaShop's Webservice API does not enforce a built-in rate limit. Request
      throughput is constrained only by the underlying server resources (CPU, memory,
      database connections) of the hosting environment.

  - name: Server-Side Throttling (Hosted)
    type: requests
    scope: per-store
    limit: null
    period: null
    notes: >
      For PrestaShop Hosted plan (Gandi infrastructure), server-side throttling may
      apply based on hosting tier resources. Exact limits are not publicly documented;
      contact PrestaShop support for specifics.

  - name: PHP max_execution_time
    type: time
    scope: per-request
    limit: 30
    period: seconds
    notes: >
      Default PHP max_execution_time is 30 seconds per request on most hosting
      environments. Long-running bulk API operations may time out if this limit
      is not increased by the server administrator.

recommendations:
  - Implement exponential backoff and retry logic for transient errors
  - Use filtered GET requests (output_format, display, filter parameters) to reduce response size
  - Cache frequently read resources locally to minimize API calls
  - Process bulk operations in batches to reduce server load
  - Use the PrestaShop WebhookEventHandler or polling with filtering for change detection