Rate Limiting - VidNavigator API

VidNavigator applies per-endpoint rate limits to ensure fair usage and platform stability.

Current Limits

Endpoint	Requests / minute
`GET /health`	300
`GET /usage`	300
`POST /transcript`	200
`GET /files`	200
`GET /file/{file_id}`	200
`POST /analyze/video`	30
`POST /analyze/file`	30
`POST /transcribe`	20
`POST /youtube/search`	10
`POST /search/file`	10
`POST /upload/file`	3

Temporary Ban
Exceeding a limit results in a 429 Too Many Requests response and a temporary ban of 1 minute on the offending API key.

Async Jobs

The async submit endpoints (POST /transcribe/async, POST /extract/video/async, POST /tweet/statement/async) also limit how many jobs can run at the same time for one account. Above that limit, the submit returns 429 with error: "too_many_active_jobs" — wait for running jobs to finish, then retry. Polling the result endpoints is free.

Enterprise Plans

Enterprise customers can request higher or custom rate limits. Contact us at contact@vidnavigator.com for details.