Rate Limits

The NuGet.org API enforces rate limiting to prevent abuse. Requests that exceed the rate limit return the following error:

  {
    "statusCode": 429,
    "message": "Rate limit is exceeded. Try again in 56 seconds."
  }

In addition to request throttling using rate limits, some APIs also enforce quota. Requests that exceed the quota return the following error:

  {
    "statusCode": 403,
    "message": "Quota exceeded."
  }

The following tables list the rate limits for the NuGet.org API.

Package search

Note

We recommend using NuGet.org's V3 search APIs as it is not rate limited currently. For V1 and V2 search APIs, the following limits apply:

API	Limit Type	Limit Value	API Use Case
GET /api/v1/Packages	IP	1000 / minute	Query NuGet package metadata via v1 OData Packages collection
GET /api/v1/Search()	IP	3000 / minute	Search for NuGet packages via v1 Search endpoint
GET /api/v2/Packages	IP	20000 / minute	Query NuGet package metadata via v2 OData Packages collection
GET /api/v2/Packages/$count	IP	100 / minute	Query NuGet package count via v2 OData Packages collection

Package Push and Unlist

API	Limit Type	Limit Value	API Use Case
PUT /api/v2/package	API Key	350 / hour	Upload a new NuGet package (version) via v2 push endpoint
DELETE /api/v2/package/{id}/{version}	API Key	250 / hour	Unlist a NuGet package (version) via v2 endpoint

nuget.org website page views

If you are accessing the nuget.org web pages programmatically, consider investigating our documented V3 APIs. These endpoints allow for simpler access to package metadata and content. The V3 API has better availability and has higher performance than accessing the NuGet Gallery web pages, which are designed for web browser interaction.

API	Limit Type	Limit Value	API Use Case
GET /package/{id}/{version}	IP	50 / minute	Display package (version) details page.