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Getty Rate Limits

Getty Images throttles client requests based on per-API-key limits. When exceeded, the API returns HTTP 429 with the message 'Account Over Queries Per Second Limit.' Specific QPS thresholds are configured per contract and not published; standard public limit is in the low single-digit QPS range.

1 Limits Throttle: 429
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Limits

Per API key account
requests-per-second
contract-defined
Returns 'Account Over Queries Per Second Limit' on overage.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
On 429, apply exponential backoff with jitter.
Caching
Cache search and asset metadata aggressively; do not re-fetch on every UI render.

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