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: Whop
providerId: whop
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Throttling
- Memberships
- Payments
description: >-
  Whop enforces per-window request rate limits that differ by API generation.
  The GraphQL API additionally enforces query complexity and depth caps.
  Values below are grounded against Whop's developer documentation; the
  current REST v1 API's exact published limit is not itemized in the sources
  gathered and is left as "see provider documentation" pending reconciliation.
notes: >-
  Rate limits per generation summarized from Whop developer documentation
  (GraphQL 10 req / 10s, V5 REST 20 req / 10s, V2 REST 100 req / 10s). GraphQL
  also caps max complexity at 1000 and max depth at 10. Verify the current
  REST v1 (api.whop.com/api/v1) limit on reconciliation.
sources:
- https://docs.whop.com/developer/api/getting-started
- https://docs.whop.com/fees
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
- name: GraphQL API
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 10 per 10 seconds
  notes: Max query complexity 1000, max depth 10. Endpoint https://api.whop.com/public-graphql.
- name: REST v1 API
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: see provider documentation
  notes: Current primary REST surface at https://api.whop.com/api/v1; specific published limit not reconciled in this artifact.
- name: V5 REST API (legacy)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 20 per 10 seconds
  notes: Deprecated legacy generation.
- name: V2 REST API (legacy)
  scope: account
  metric: requests
  limit: 100 per 10 seconds
  notes: Legacy generation.
policies:
- name: Per-Generation Limits
  description: Limits and complexity caps vary by API generation (GraphQL vs V5 vs V2 REST).
- name: Backoff Strategy
  description: Clients should implement exponential backoff with jitter and honor 429 responses.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com