Rate limits

To ensure stability and performance, the LoudCrowd Storefront API enforces rate limits on all endpoints. These limits help prevent excessive traffic bursts while maintaining a reliable experience for all users.

How Rate Limits Work

All endpoints are rate limited – If you exceed the allowed request rate, you will receive a 429 Too Many Requests response.
Rate limits are account-wide – All requests made by a single account contribute to a shared limit, regardless of the endpoint.

Requesting a Limit Increase

If your application requires a higher rate limit, you can request an increase by contacting our sales team at sales@loudcrowd.com.

Errors

Our API uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate success or failure of an API request. Errors typically fall into three ranges:

2xx - Success
4xx - Error as a result of information provided as part of the request, such as a requested object that doesn't exist, an invalid setting, etc.
5xx - Error due to LoudCrowd
The response of all API errors contain a message parameter which has developer-facing information about why the request failed.

See the table below for a list of error codes and their corresponding descriptions:

Code	Summary	Description
200	OK	The request completed successfully.
400	Bad Request	Request is missing or has a bad parameter
401	Not Authorized	Key is valid, but the account does not have permissions to perform this action.
403	Forbidden	Request is missing or has an invalid API key
404	Not Found	The requested resource doesn't exist.
429	Rate Limit	You hit the rate limit for this account. All endpoints share the same rate limit for an account.
500	Server Error	Something is wrong on LoudCrowd's end.
503	Bad Gateway	Service unavailable.