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: University of Alberta
providerId: university-of-alberta
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-08-30'
reconciled: false
method: generated
generated: '2026-08-30'
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Rate Limiting
description: >-
  University of Alberta publishes no rate-limit table, and has no institution-operated API to
  publish one for. The endpoints its community harvests belong to vendor platforms — the
  OAI-PMH and DSpace REST endpoints on ualberta.scholaris.ca, the Dataverse Native and Search
  APIs on borealisdata.ca, and the Ex Libris Alma Z39.50 server — and any throttling there is
  the platform operator's, not the university's. Harvest politely, honor Retry-After, and take
  bulk requests to the operating platform.
notes: Confirm per-service limits with each API's documentation; harvest responsibly.
sources:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-alberta/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: Default
  scope: client
  metric: requests-per-minute
  limit: see service documentation
  notes: No published global limit; large harvests may be rate-limited.
policies:
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Exponential backoff with jitter; honor Retry-After; harvest during off-peak hours.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com