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Fair usage policy on TED
In order to allow as many users as possible to profit from our services, we have put in place rules which define the fair usage policy we currently have on TED. The limits you can find below represent the maximum number of requests allowed during the indicated timeframes for the given operations.
| Operation | Limits |
| Visualize or download notices from a single IP | 600 visualizations or downloads in less than 6 minutes |
| HTTP requests | 700 requests in the last minute |
| Download daily or monthly packages HTTPS service | 3 concurrent downloads |
The architecture of the TED portal has been designed as follows:
- The Web pages are fully powered by a CMS enabling a better and tailored user experience. This CMS is efficient within a specific range of loads.
- A dedicated public API to search notices and direct link to download their contents is efficient and scalable.
On this basis, the Publications Office strongly recommends that technical users must use the public API to benefit from performance and scalability and to leave CMS resources available to "human users".
Now that you are aware about how our system works, we wish you a successful navigation on the TED website! For more guidance we invite you to consult the help page and our video tutorials. If you have further queries, please contact us directly via the OP TED Helpdesk.
