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Catalog Items API Rate Limits

Learn the rate limits for the Catalog Items API.

This document lists the default rate limits that apply to the Selling Partner API for Catalog Items (Catalog Items API).

Rate limits depend on multiple factors. An individual operation can have multiple rate limits. For example, a rate limit might depend on the selling partner account and also on the application that calls the Selling Partner API on behalf of the selling partner account. Requests are rate-limited by whichever threshold you reach first.

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The x-amzn-RateLimit-Limit response header, if available, specifies the operation's rate limits per account-application pair. The x-amzn-RateLimit-Limit doesn't include other usage plan rate limits. For details, see How to find your usage plan.

For information about the rate-limiting algorithm, factors that determine rate limits, and how to find your rate limits, refer to Usage Plans and Rate Limits. For information about how to optimize your application for rate limits, refer to Optimize Rate Limits for Application Workloads.

In the following tables, rates are in requests per second unless otherwise specified.

Catalog Items API v2022-04-01

OperationRate limit per account-application pairRate limit per applicationBurst (requests)Additional details
getCatalogItem22502Use the searchCatalogItems operation to perform batch retrieval of catalog items by ASIN.
searchCatalogItems25002Limits for specific cases:
  • Keyword-based searches: 50 requests per application per second. Doesn't apply to identifier-based searches.

Catalog Items API v2020-12-01

OperationRate limit per account-application pairRate limit per applicationBurst (requests)Additional details
getCatalogItem22502Use the latest version of the Catalog Items API.
searchCatalogItems25002Use the latest version of the Catalog Items API.

Catalog Items API v0

OperationRate limit per account-application pairRate limit per applicationBurst (requests)Additional details
listCatalogCategories111Use the latest version of the Catalog Items API.