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.
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 /events500 req / 10s /markets300 req / 10s /markets + /events listing900 req / 10s /comments200 req / 10s /tags200 req / 10s /public-search350 req / 10s
Data API Base URL: https://data-api.polymarket.com
Endpoint Limit General 1,000 req / 10s /trades200 req / 10s /positions150 req / 10s /closed-positions150 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 allowance200 req / 10s UPDATE balance allowance50 req / 10s
Market Data Endpoint Limit /book1,500 req / 10s /books500 req / 10s /price1,500 req / 10s /prices500 req / 10s /midpoint1,500 req / 10s /midpoints500 req / 10s /prices-history1,000 req / 10s Market tick size 200 req / 10s
Ledger Endpoint Limit /trades, /orders, /notifications, /order900 req / 10s /data/orders500 req / 10s /data/trades500 req / 10s /notifications125 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 /order3,500 req / 10s 36,000 req / 10 min DELETE /order3,000 req / 10s 30,000 req / 10 min POST /orders1,000 req / 10s 15,000 req / 10 min DELETE /orders1,000 req / 10s 15,000 req / 10 min DELETE /cancel-all250 req / 10s 6,000 req / 10 min DELETE /cancel-market-orders1,000 req / 10s 1,500 req / 10 min
Other Endpoint Limit Relayer /submit 25 req / 1 min User PNL API 200 req / 10s
Next Steps
Authentication Learn how to authenticate trading requests.
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