Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.polymarket.com/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Rate Limits
API rate limits for all Polymarket endpoints
All API rate limits are enforced using Cloudflare's throttling system. When you exceed the limit for any endpoint, requests are throttled (delayed/queued) rather than immediately rejected. Limits reset on sliding time windows.
General
| Endpoint |
Limit |
| General rate limiting |
15,000 req / 10s |
Health check (/ok) |
100 req / 10s |
Gamma API
Base URL: https://gamma-api.polymarket.com
| Endpoint |
Limit |
| General |
4,000 req / 10s |
/events |
500 req / 10s |
/markets |
300 req / 10s |
/markets + /events listing |
900 req / 10s |
/comments |
200 req / 10s |
/tags |
200 req / 10s |
/public-search |
350 req / 10s |
Data API
Base URL: https://data-api.polymarket.com
| Endpoint |
Limit |
| General |
1,000 req / 10s |
/trades |
200 req / 10s |
/positions |
150 req / 10s |
/closed-positions |
150 req / 10s |
Health check (/ok) |
100 req / 10s |
CLOB API
Base URL: https://clob.polymarket.com
General
| Endpoint |
Limit |
| General |
9,000 req / 10s |
GET balance allowance |
200 req / 10s |
UPDATE balance allowance |
50 req / 10s |
Market Data
| Endpoint |
Limit |
/book |
1,500 req / 10s |
/books |
500 req / 10s |
/price |
1,500 req / 10s |
/prices |
500 req / 10s |
/midpoint |
1,500 req / 10s |
/midpoints |
500 req / 10s |
/prices-history |
1,000 req / 10s |
| Market tick size |
200 req / 10s |
Ledger
| Endpoint |
Limit |
/trades, /orders, /notifications, /order |
900 req / 10s |
/data/orders |
500 req / 10s |
/data/trades |
500 req / 10s |
/notifications |
125 req / 10s |
Authentication
| Endpoint |
Limit |
| API key endpoints |
100 req / 10s |
Trading
Trading endpoints have both burst limits (short spikes allowed) and sustained limits (longer-term average).
| Endpoint |
Burst Limit |
Sustained Limit |
POST /order |
5,000 req / 10s |
120,000 req / 10 min |
DELETE /order |
5,000 req / 10s |
120,000 req / 10 min |
POST /orders |
2,000 req / 10s |
21,000 req / 10 min |
DELETE /orders |
2,000 req / 10s |
15,000 req / 10 min |
DELETE /cancel-all |
250 req / 10s |
6,000 req / 10 min |
DELETE /cancel-market-orders |
1,500 req / 10s |
21,000 req / 10 min |
Bridge API
Base URL: https://bridge.polymarket.com
| Endpoint |
Limit |
| General |
50 req / 10s |
Other
| Endpoint |
Limit |
Relayer /submit |
25 req / 1 min |
| User PNL API |
200 req / 10s |
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