Best Practices for Handling OTPZap API Rate Limits

This article covers Best Practices for Handling OTPZap API Rate Limits. If you are looking for information about API rate limit. This article explains it end to end: the basics, how it works, and tips to keep things smooth.

Why does this API matter?

OTPZap provides a public REST API for developers. Generate keys in your dashboard, authenticate via Bearer token, 300 req/min rate limit. Perfect for testing, automation, and growth hacking.

API quick start

• POST /api/v1/order/create with body {server:1, product_id:...}
• GET /api/v1/order/check?order_id=N to poll for OTP
• Header: Authorization: Bearer otpzap_live_xxxxxxxx
• For safe retry, send header Idempotency-Key: unique-string

Best practices

• Use webhooks to avoid polling (set in Developer API → Webhook tab).
• Implement exponential backoff to handle rate limits.
• Do not hardcode API keys, use env vars in production.
• Audit request logs periodically in the dashboard.