Mastering Shopify API Rate Limits
Shopify’s 2-req/sec REST limit is tight. I built a dynamic throttler that adjusts in real-time based on the X-Shopify-Shop-Api-Call-Limit header.
- Leaky Bucket Implementation: I built a wrapper for our API client that pauses execution when we reach 35/40 of our bucket capacity.
- GraphQL Migration: I moved our bulk-product updates to GraphQL to utilize the 1,000-point cost system, which is 10x more efficient than REST.
- Priority Queueing: Billing and Install requests get "High Priority" slots, while data syncing runs on "Low Priority" background threads.