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Connection limits​

There is a limit of 300 connections per attempt every 5 minutes.

The connection is per IP address.

General information on rate limits​

• Current API rate limits can be queried using the exchangeInfo request.
• There are multiple rate limit types across multiple intervals.
• Responses can indicate current rate limit status in the optional rateLimits field.
• Requests fail with status 429 when unfilled order count or request rate limits are violated.

How to interpret rate limits​

A response with rate limit status may look like this:

{    "id": "7069b743-f477-4ae3-81db-db9b8df085d2",    "status": 200,    "result": {        "serverTime": 1656400526260    },    "rateLimits": [        {            "rateLimitType": "REQUEST_WEIGHT",            "interval": "MINUTE",            "intervalNum": 1,            "limit": 6000,            "count": 70        }    ]}

The rateLimits array describes all currently active rate limits affected by the request.

Name

Type

Mandatory

Description

rateLimitType

ENUM

YES

Rate limit type: REQUEST_WEIGHT, ORDERS

interval

ENUM

YES

Rate limit interval: SECOND, MINUTE, HOUR, DAY

intervalNum

INT

YES

Rate limit interval multiplier

limit

INT

YES

Request limit per interval

count

INT

YES

Current usage per interval

Rate limits are accounted by intervals.

For example, a 1 MINUTE interval starts every minute. Request submitted at 00:01:23.456 counts towards the 00:01:00 minute's limit. Once the 00:02:00 minute starts, the count will reset to zero again.

Other intervals behave in a similar manner. For example, 1 DAY rate limit resets at 00:00 UTC every day, and 10 SECOND interval resets at 00, 10, 20... seconds of each minute.

APIs have multiple rate-limiting intervals. If you exhaust a shorter interval but the longer interval still allows requests, you will have to wait for the shorter interval to expire and reset. If you exhaust a longer interval, you will have to wait for that interval to reset, even if shorter rate limit count is zero.

How to show/hide rate limit information​

rateLimits field is included with every response by default.

However, rate limit information can be quite bulky. If you are not interested in detailed rate limit status of every request, the rateLimits field can be omitted from responses to reduce their size.

• Optional returnRateLimits boolean parameter in request.

  Use returnRateLimits parameter to control whether to include rateLimits fields in response to individual requests.

  Default request and response:

  { "id": 1, "method": "time" }
  

  {    "id": 1,    "status": 200,    "result": { "serverTime": 1656400526260 },    "rateLimits": [        {            "rateLimitType": "REQUEST_WEIGHT",            "interval": "MINUTE",            "intervalNum": 1,            "limit": 6000,            "count": 70        }    ]}
  

  Request and response without rate limit status:

  { "id": 2, "method": "time", "params": { "returnRateLimits": false } }
  

  { "id": 2, "status": 200, "result": { "serverTime": 1656400527891 } }
  

• Optional returnRateLimits boolean parameter in connection URL.

  If you wish to omit rateLimits from all responses by default, use returnRateLimits parameter in the query string instead:

  wss://ws-api.binance.com:443/ws-api/v3?returnRateLimits=false
  

  This will make all requests made through this connection behave as if you have passed "returnRateLimits": false.

  If you want to see rate limits for a particular request, you need to explicitly pass the "returnRateLimits": true parameter.

Note: Your requests are still rate limited if you hide the rateLimits field in responses.

IP limits​

• Every request has a certain weight, added to your limit as you perform requests.
  • The heavier the request (e.g. querying data from multiple symbols), the more weight the request will cost.
  • Connecting to WebSocket API costs 2 weight.
• Current weight usage is indicated by the REQUEST_WEIGHT rate limit type.
• Use the exchangeInfo request to keep track of the current weight limits.
• Weight is accumulated per IP address and is shared by all connections from that address.
• If you go over the weight limit, requests fail with status 429.
  • This status code indicates you should back off and stop spamming the API.
  • Rate-limited responses include a retryAfter field, indicating when you can retry the request.
• Repeatedly violating rate limits and/or failing to back off after receiving 429s will result in an automated IP ban and you will be disconnected.
  • Requests from a banned IP address fail with status 418.
  • retryAfter field indicates the timestamp when the ban will be lifted.
• IP bans are tracked and scale in duration for repeat offenders, from 2 minutes to 3 days.

Successful response indicating that in 1 minute you have used 70 weight out of your 6000 limit:

{    "id": "7069b743-f477-4ae3-81db-db9b8df085d2",    "status": 200,    "result": [],    "rateLimits": [        {            "rateLimitType": "REQUEST_WEIGHT",            "interval": "MINUTE",            "intervalNum": 1,            "limit": 6000,            "count": 70        }    ]}

Failed response indicating that you are banned and the ban will last until epoch 1659146400000:

{    "id": "fc93a61a-a192-4cf4-bb2a-a8f0f0c51e06",    "status": 418,    "error": {        "code": -1003,        "msg": "Way too much request weight used; IP banned until 1659146400000. Please use WebSocket Streams for live updates to avoid bans.",        "data": {            "serverTime": 1659142907531,            "retryAfter": 1659146400000        }    },    "rateLimits": [        {            "rateLimitType": "REQUEST_WEIGHT",            "interval": "MINUTE",            "intervalNum": 1,            "limit": 6000,            "count": 2411        }    ]}

Unfilled Order Count​

• Successfully placed orders update the ORDERS rate limit type.
• Rejected or unsuccessful orders might or might not update the ORDERS rate limit type.
• Please note that if your orders are consistently filled by trades, you can continuously place orders on the API. For more information, please see Spot Unfilled Order Count Rules.
• Use the account.rateLimits.orders request to keep track of how many orders you have placed within this interval.
• If you exceed this, requests fail with status 429.
  • This status code indicates you should back off and stop spamming the API.
  • Responses that have a status 429 include a retryAfter field, indicating when you can retry the request.
• This is maintained per account and is shared by all API keys of the account.

Successful response indicating that you have placed 12 orders in 10 seconds, and 4043 orders in the past 24 hours:

{    "id": "e2a85d9f-07a5-4f94-8d5f-789dc3deb097",    "status": 200,    "result": {        "symbol": "BTCUSDT",        "orderId": 12510053279,        "orderListId": -1,        "clientOrderId": "a097fe6304b20a7e4fc436",        "transactTime": 1655716096505,        "price": "0.10000000",        "origQty": "10.00000000",        "executedQty": "0.00000000",        "origQuoteOrderQty": "0.000000",        "cummulativeQuoteQty": "0.00000000",        "status": "NEW",        "timeInForce": "GTC",        "type": "LIMIT",        "side": "BUY",        "workingTime": 1655716096505,        "selfTradePreventionMode": "NONE"    },    "rateLimits": [        {            "rateLimitType": "ORDERS",            "interval": "SECOND",            "intervalNum": 10,            "limit": 50,            "count": 12        },        {            "rateLimitType": "ORDERS",            "interval": "DAY",            "intervalNum": 1,            "limit": 160000,            "count": 4043        },        {            "rateLimitType": "REQUEST_WEIGHT",            "interval": "MINUTE",            "intervalNum": 1,            "limit": 6000,            "count": 321        }    ]}

• Connection limits
• General information on rate limits
• IP limits
• Unfilled Order Count