Pixabay · Rate Limits

Pixabay Rate Limits

Pixabay enforces a default limit of 100 requests per 60 seconds and requires 24-hour caching of results. Higher limits are available on request. The API returns standard rate-limit headers (X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset) and HTTP 429 when exceeded.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
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Limits

Default account
requests
100 per 60 seconds
Standard limit; higher available on request.
Caching client
hours
24h minimum
Cache results for 24 hours minimum per Pixabay TOS.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Honor 429 with exponential backoff; check X-RateLimit-Reset.
Caching
Cache responses at least 24 hours per TOS.

Sources