live-nation-entertainment · Rate Limits
Live Nation Entertainment Rate Limits
The Ticketmaster Discovery API enforces a default per-API-key quota of 5,000 calls per day and a throughput cap of 5 requests per second. Quota usage is surfaced via custom Rate-Limit-* response headers. Quota violations return HTTP 429 with the message "Rate limit quota violation. Quota limit exceeded." Higher quotas are granted case-by-case after Ticketmaster verifies ToS compliance, branding, and proper representation of Ticketmaster data.
2 Limits
Throttle: 429
Quota: 429
Rate LimitingTicketingEventsVenues
Limits
Discovery API daily quota api-key
5000
Default quota for new API keys. Reset time surfaced via Rate-Limit-Reset (UTC).
Discovery API throughput api-key
5
Steady-state throughput cap on the Discovery API.
Policies
Quota increases via partner review
Higher daily quotas are granted case-by-case after Ticketmaster verifies (1) Terms of Service compliance, (2) branding-guideline adherence, and (3) proper representation of Ticketmaster data.
Rate-Limit headers
Every response includes Rate-Limit (total quota), Rate-Limit-Available (remaining), Rate-Limit-Over (over-quota count), and Rate-Limit-Reset (UTC reset timestamp).
429 handling
When quota is exceeded, the API returns HTTP 429 with body "Rate limit quota violation. Quota limit exceeded." Backoff until the Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp.
Backoff Strategy
Use exponential backoff with jitter for 5xx and unexpected 429s; for explicit quota exceedance, wait for the Rate-Limit-Reset timestamp.