Rate Limits

Every Straply API plan includes a daily lookup limit. Rate limits reset at midnight UTC each day.

Limits by plan

Plan	Daily lookups	Requests per second
Free	100	2
Developer	5,000	5
Pro	25,000	10
Enterprise	100,000	25

Rate limit headers

Every API response includes headers that show your current rate limit status:

X-RateLimit-Limit: 10000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 9847
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1741564800

Header	Description
X-RateLimit-Limit	Your daily lookup limit
X-RateLimit-Remaining	Lookups remaining today
X-RateLimit-Reset	Unix timestamp when the limit resets (midnight UTC)

What counts as a lookup

Each API call that returns property or market data counts as one lookup:

• GET /v1/properties/{id} — 1 lookup
• GET /v1/properties/lookup — 1 lookup
• GET /v1/properties (search) — 1 lookup regardless of result count
• GET /v1/markets/{zipCode} — 1 lookup
• GET /v1/markets/{zipCode}/history — 1 lookup

These do not count toward your limit:

• Health check requests (GET /v1/health)
• Authentication failures (invalid key)
• Requests that return errors (4xx, 5xx)

Exceeding your limit

When you exceed your daily limit, the API returns a 429 Too Many Requests response:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "Daily lookup limit exceeded. Resets at midnight UTC.",
    "status": 429
  }
}

Per-second burst limits

If you exceed the per-second request limit, you will also receive a 429 response. Per-second limits use a sliding window and reset automatically.

Best practices

• Cache responses when possible to reduce lookups
• Monitor usage via the X-RateLimit-Remaining header
• Implement backoff when you receive a 429 response
• Upgrade your plan if you consistently hit your limit
• Use bulk endpoints (Pro and Enterprise) for high-volume data needs