To ensure a positive experience for all, the Workiva Platform API enforces a number of constraints.
Rate Limits
The Workiva Platform API may rate limit clients based on the current system load or an excessive request frequency. In these cases, you receive an error response with status code 429 Too Many Requests.
Payload Size
The Workiva Platform API currently limits the size of any request payloads to a maximum of 10485760 bytes (10MB).
Timeouts
The Workiva Platform API currently limits the length of any request to 29 seconds.
Feature Limits
Spreadsheets
| FEATURE | LIMIT |
|---|---|
| Sheets per Spreadsheet | 1,000 |
| Cells per Spreadsheet | 2,000,000 |
| Rows per Sheet | 1,048,576 |
| Columns per Sheet | 16,384 |
| Sheet name length | 100 |
| Characters per cell | 8,192 |
| XLSX imports | 16MB |