Lever · Rate Limits
Lever Rate Limits
Lever enforces a token-bucket rate limit on its REST API at https://api.lever.co/v1. The default sustained rate is 10 requests per second per API key with burst capacity to 20 req/s. Requests above the bucket return HTTP 429 and clients must back off.
4 Limits
Throttle: 429
HRATSRecruitingRate LimitingThrottling
Limits
Per API Key Sustained token
10
Sustained rate of 10 requests per second per API key (or OAuth token).
Per API Key Burst token
20
Token-bucket burst capacity allows up to 20 req/s for short windows before the bucket empties to the sustained rate.
Pagination request
100
Default 100 results per page; configurable via the limit query parameter (1-100). Use cursor-based offset tokens.
Webhook Delivery subscription
Webhook events are signed with HMAC-SHA256 and retried on 5xx responses; 2xx must be returned within the platform timeout.
Policies
Backoff Strategy
Exponential backoff with jitter on 429 responses. Honor any Retry-After header in the response.
Pagination
Use limit + cursor-based offset tokens for list endpoints; do not scan whole collections in tight loops.
include / expand Projection
Use include and expand parameters to retrieve only required fields and inline related objects, reducing total request volume.