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What counts as one API call on Soundcharts?

Manage your API usage by understanding how calls work.

Aël Guégan avatar
Written by Aël Guégan
Updated over 5 months ago

First things first, let's define an API call.

An API call is the process of a client application submitting a request to an API. That API retrieves the requested data from the external server or program and delivers it back to the client.

As a rule of thumb, on Soundcharts, 1 call = 1 request.

If the server fails to return the data, it won't count as a call.

Each response contains an x-quota-remaining header with the number of remaining requests.

Some endpoints are more call-extensive than others:

Collections responses always contain an item array and a page object to help you navigate paged results.

{
"items": [
],
"page": {
"offset": 0,
"total": 100,
"next": null,
"previous": null,
"limit": 100
},
}
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