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: Slice
providerId: slice
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Online Ordering
  - Partner API
description: >-
  Slice does not publicly publish request-rate, concurrency, or quota numbers for the
  Slice Public API. Access is gated to approved technology partners through an issued
  API key (request via api-support@slicelife.com), and any per-key throttling or quota
  is established under the partner agreement rather than on the public developer
  portal. The documented authentication surface is API-key based; consumers should
  assume per-key limits exist, handle HTTP 401 (unauthorized) and 429 (too many
  requests) defensively, and confirm exact limits with Slice partner support. The
  values below are therefore policy placeholders pending partner-agreement
  confirmation, not published figures.
sources:
  - https://developer.slicelife.com/
  - https://slicelife.com/pages/support
limits:
  - name: Per-key request rate
    scope: api-key
    metric: requests
    limit: null
    window: null
    published: false
    note: >-
      Not publicly documented. Established under the Slice partner agreement.
  - name: Concurrency
    scope: api-key
    metric: concurrent-requests
    limit: null
    published: false
    note: Not publicly documented.
responseCodes:
  - code: 401
    name: Unauthorized
    meaning: API key missing or invalid.
  - code: 429
    name: Too Many Requests
    meaning: >-
      Assumed throttle response for exceeding a per-key limit; confirm with Slice
      partner support, as limits are not published on the developer portal.