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: Total Expert
providerId: total-expert
created: '2026-07-21'
modified: '2026-07-21'
generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://public.totalexpert.net/v1/docs/Getting+Started.pdf
tags:
- Rate Limiting
- CRM
- Fintech
description: >-
  Total Expert's production environment rate limits API traffic by source IP
  address (not by client). The token endpoint is limited separately, so cached
  access tokens (valid 1 hour) are a documented best practice. Exceeding a
  limit returns HTTP 429.
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: API requests (production)
  scope: source IP address
  metric: requests_per_minute
  limit: 1000
  timeFrame: minute
- name: Token requests (POST /v1/token)
  scope: source IP address
  metric: requests_per_hour
  limit: 2
  timeFrame: hour