Update March 14, 2021: If you would like to increase the rate limit for your application, please fill this form, “Rate Limit change request form“, and send the request to: forge.help@autodesk.com
Update June 19, 2020: Rate Limits information is added to the developer portal now. For example, here is the link to the Data Management Rate Limits page. Rate limits in other Forge API should be added eventually.
Rate limiting is used to control amount of traffic sent or received by a network. For example, if you are using a certain API which is configured to allow 1000 requests per minute, your call will fail after hitting the limit, typically resulting 429 return code. This is a commonly used practice for a better flow of data and to increase security by mitigating attacks such as DoS.
Forge has rate limiting as well. When you are writing a code for scalable solution, you will need to take it into consideration; i.e., When you hit a limit, you will need to wait till given period has lapsed and retry. 429 response will contain “Retry-After” http header, which indicates the number of seconds after which the client can call again. Below is an example of response when hitting a limit:
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