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: Wikimapia
providerId: wikimapia
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Rate Limiting
  - Geospatial
  - Places
description: >-
  Wikimapia enforces per-domain rate limits tied to the registered API key. Developers with a
  registered key may issue up to 100 requests in any 5-minute window. The public 'example' key
  is capped at roughly 1 request per 30 seconds. No HTTP retry-after headers or formal 429
  response codes are explicitly documented; over-quota behavior should be handled with
  exponential back-off.
sources:
  - https://wikimapia.org/api/
  - https://wikimapia.org/api/?action=my_keys
headers:
  apiKey: key (query parameter)
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: Registered developer key
    scope: domain
    metric: requests_per_window
    limit: 100
    timeFrame: 5 minutes
    notes: >-
      Up to 100 requests per 5-minute window per registered domain or application. Developers
      can register multiple keys for multiple domains.
  - name: Example / testing key
    scope: global
    metric: requests_per_window
    limit: 1
    timeFrame: 30 seconds
    notes: >-
      The public 'example' key is limited to approximately 1 request per 30 seconds and is
      intended for evaluation only.