name: Sardine Rate Limits
description: >-
  Sardine does not publicly publish specific rate limit thresholds in its
  developer documentation. Rate limits are enforced at the API gateway level
  and are configured per customer account based on contracted volume tiers.
  Specific limits are communicated during onboarding and can be adjusted by
  contacting Sardine support.
url: https://docs.sardine.ai/home
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
rateLimits:
  - name: Device APIs
    description: >-
      Rate limits for device fingerprinting and behavior biometrics endpoints.
      Applied per API key. Exact thresholds configured per account.
    scope: per-api-key
    publiclyDocumented: false
    notes: Contact Sardine for specific limits based on contracted volume.
  - name: Customer APIs
    description: >-
      Rate limits for customer identity, KYC, and KYB risk-scoring endpoints.
      Applied per API key. Exact thresholds configured per account.
    scope: per-api-key
    publiclyDocumented: false
    notes: Contact Sardine for specific limits based on contracted volume.
  - name: Crypto APIs
    description: >-
      Rate limits for on-ramp and off-ramp fraud prevention endpoints.
      Applied per API key. Exact thresholds configured per account.
    scope: per-api-key
    publiclyDocumented: false
    notes: Contact Sardine for specific limits based on contracted volume.
  - name: Issuing APIs
    description: >-
      Rate limits for card issuing fraud detection endpoints. Applied per API
      key. Exact thresholds configured per account.
    scope: per-api-key
    publiclyDocumented: false
    notes: Contact Sardine for specific limits based on contracted volume.
  - name: Transaction Monitoring APIs
    description: >-
      Rate limits for AML transaction monitoring and sanctions screening
      endpoints. Applied per API key. Exact thresholds configured per account.
    scope: per-api-key
    publiclyDocumented: false
    notes: Contact Sardine for specific limits based on contracted volume.
authentication:
  type: API Key
  description: >-
    API keys are generated from the Sardine dashboard and are available for
    both sandbox and production environments. Keys are scoped per environment
    and per integration.
  environments:
    - name: Sandbox
      description: For development and testing; non-production environment
    - name: Production
      description: Live environment with real transaction processing
errorHandling:
  rateLimitExceeded:
    httpStatus: 429
    notes: >-
      Standard HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response when rate limits are
      exceeded. Retry-After header may be included to indicate when requests
      can resume.
contact:
  url: https://docs.sardine.ai/home
  notes: >-
    For rate limit details, thresholds, and adjustment requests contact
    Sardine support via the developer documentation portal.