API Portal apiportalwiki https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.46.0-wmf.22 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk API Portal API Portal talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk 0 96 2334 2122 2026-03-31T17:32:41Z APaskulin (WMF) 20 Redirect page 2334 wikitext text/x-wiki <div style="background-color: #fee7e6; padding: 8px 10px; margin-top:10px;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0;"> ↳&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:600;">Redirect</span><br> <span>This page has been moved to [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Authentication|Wikimedia APIs/Authentication]] on mediawiki.org.</span> </p> </div> tbj7l75gkj7c8n3hdgwrltt9c4vsotv 0 106 2335 1845 2026-03-31T17:32:52Z APaskulin (WMF) 20 Redirect page 2335 wikitext text/x-wiki <div style="background-color: #fee7e6; padding: 8px 10px; margin-top:10px;"> <p style="margin-bottom:0;"> ↳&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:600;">Redirect</span><br> <span>This page has been moved to [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Authentication|Wikimedia APIs/Authentication]] on mediawiki.org.</span> </p> </div> tbj7l75gkj7c8n3hdgwrltt9c4vsotv 0 390 2336 2275 2026-03-31T18:08:23Z APaskulin (WMF) 20 Update based on latest information 2336 wikitext text/x-wiki Lift Wing endpoints are limited to these request rates. === Anonymous requests === API requests without an access token are limited to 50,000 requests per hour per IP address. === Authenticated requests === API requests with an access token are limited to 100,000 requests per hour per IP address. This needs a OAuth token set with the same limit, please check [[wikitech:Machine_Learning/LiftWing/Usage#Authentication|the docs on Wikitech]] for more info. === Authenticated requests using Wikimedia Enterprise === For API tokens used by [https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ Wikimedia Enterprise], requests with are limited to 200,000 requests per hour per IP address. This needs a OAuth token set with the same limit, please check [[wikitech:Machine_Learning/LiftWing/Usage#Authentication|the docs on Wikitech]] for more info. == 2026 rate limits == Starting in April 2026, new rate limits will apply as part of introducing [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits|rate limits]] for all Wikimedia APIs. These new rate limits are the same or higher than the existing rate limits, so they should not cause any change in API behavior. === Anonymous requests === API requests without an access token are limited to 50,000 requests per hour and 15 requests per second per IP address. === Browser requests (new) === API requests from a browser are limited to 50,000 requests per hour and 50 requests per second per IP address or per OAuth token. === Authenticated requests === Authenticated requests are limited to 100,000 requests per hour and 100 requests per second per OAuth token or session cookie. === Bots, Wikimedia Cloud Services, and known clients === A higher rate limit of 200,000 requests per hour and 200 requests per second is available to requests from: * clients hosted on [[wikitech:Help:Cloud_Services_introduction|Wikimedia Cloud Services]] * bots approved by a Wikimedia project * clients known to the Wikimedia Foundation, including [https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ Wikimedia Enterprise] cm6qlwoc6qu3a2mvjnpx9ll5oju8qsd