Testing the API Rate Limit

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To test the API rate limit using Postman

Procedure

  1. Invoke the API for more than five times using a REST client. In this example, the API is invoked for more than five times.
  2. Notice the change in API response.
    API response till the rate limit is reached.
    api response till rate limit
    API response after the rate limit is reached.
    api response
  3. Navigate to the API analytics page.
  4. View the bar graph plotted for the violation events for the Last 15 minutes.
    api anaytics
  5. View the Runtime events section to view the alert message that you provided during policy configuration.
    test rate limit