# RecipeOps - API policy rate limit violation trigger

This trigger actively monitors API usage across all access profiles and generates events when an access profile exceeds its assigned rate limits. It creates trigger events every five minutes for each unique access profile that goes beyond these limits. To reduce noise, it generates only one event per access profile within this interval, even if rate limits are exceeded multiple times. For example, even if an access profile exceeds its rate limit three times within the same five-minute interval, this trigger only registers one trigger event.

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# Input

This trigger doesn't require any input.

# Output

Field name	Description
Event message	`The rate limits for your API policy have been exceeded`
API policy ID	The unique identifier of the API policy.
API policy name	The name of the API policy.
Rate limit	The maximum number of API calls allowed within a specified short time interval.
Rate limit time interval	The time frame for the rate limit, such as a minute, hour, or day.
Client ID	The unique identifier of the client.
Client name	The name of the client associated with the event.
Access profile ID	The unique identifier of the access profile.
Access profile name	The name of the access profile.