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API Usage and Limits

Welcome to the CoinAPI FAQ. We've grouped the most common customer questions by product to help you find quick, clear answers.

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  1. API Usage Limits
  2. How does CoinAPI’s credit system work? Do I need to preload credits, and how fast are charges reflected?
  3. How do I enable overage?
  4. What happens if I exceed my daily REST API request limit on my CoinAPI plan?
  5. Why do some CoinAPI responses not include rate limit headers?
  6. How can I check my historical API usage with CoinAPI?
  7. How can I retrieve more than 100 items in a single API response?
  8. I barely use the REST API. Why is my usage still so high?
  9. How do I calculate the number of requests I’ll be making for a specific query?
  10. Why does using limit=1 still count as 1 full request in my API usage? Isn't pricing based on 100 data points?