generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: https://wger.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/api.html#rate-limiting
docs: https://wger.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/api.html
limit_count: 5
note: >-
  wger throttles only a handful of sensitive or expensive endpoints; the
  documentation states explicitly that "All other endpoints are unthrottled".
  These are the defaults shipped by the project — a self-hosted instance can
  change them, so the numbers below describe wger.de and any instance running
  stock settings. Probed 2026-08-27: an unauthenticated GET
  https://wger.de/api/v2/ingredient/?limit=1 returned 200 with NO RateLimit-*
  or X-RateLimit-* headers, so an agent gets no remaining-quota signal ahead of
  time; the only runtime signal is the 429 + Retry-After on exhaustion.
headers:
  request: []
  response:
    - name: Retry-After
      when: on 429 only
      source: https://wger.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/api.html
  proactive_signal: false
  proactive_signal_note: >-
    No RateLimit-* (RFC 9331 draft) or X-RateLimit-* headers observed on a live
    200 response. Confirmed by probe on 2026-08-27.
exhaustion:
  status: 429
  body: standard DRF throttle response
  retry_header: Retry-After
rate_limits:
  - endpoint: /allauth/app/v1/auth/login
    purpose: authentication
    limit: 10
    window: 1m
    scope: per-IP for anonymous callers, per-user for authenticated
  - endpoint: /allauth/app/v1/auth/2fa/authenticate
    purpose: authentication (2FA step)
    limit: 10
    window: 1m
    scope: per-IP for anonymous callers, per-user for authenticated
  - endpoint: /api/v2/userprofile/
    purpose: registration
    limit: 5
    window: 1m
    scope: per-IP for anonymous callers, per-user for authenticated
  - endpoint: /api/v2/ingredient/ and /api/v2/ingredientinfo/ (list)
    purpose: ingredient catalog list
    limit: 120
    window: 1m
    scope: per-IP for anonymous callers, per-user for authenticated
  - endpoint: /api/v2/ingredient/{id}/ and /api/v2/ingredientinfo/{id}/ (detail)
    purpose: ingredient catalog detail
    limit: 300
    window: 1m
    scope: per-IP for anonymous callers, per-user for authenticated
  - endpoint: /api/v2/ingredient-sync/
    purpose: bulk catalog sync
    limit: 600
    window: 1m
    scope: per-IP for anonymous callers, per-user for authenticated
unthrottled:
  statement: All other endpoints are unthrottled.
  source: https://wger.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/api.html
pagination_caps:
  default_page_size: 20
  limit_param: limit
  hard_cap: >-
    The OpenAPI description states limit is capped at 999; the narrative docs say
    there is no hard cap but very large pages are slow. Recorded as the spec
    states it, with the discrepancy noted.
  spec_source: openapi/wger-openapi.yml (info.description)