---
title: Retrieve limits
url: https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api/reference/operations/getaccountslimits/
image: https://developers.wpengine.com/og/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api/reference/operations/getaccountslimits.png
---

# Retrieve limits

GET

/accounts/{account_id}/limits

Select code sample

```sh
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1/accounts/eeda3227-9a39-46ae-9e14-20958bb4e6c9/limits \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <credentials>'
```

-

Returns the account’s maximum allowances for visitors, storage (GB) and bandwidth (GB), to compare against current usage. Any of these values may be `null`.

## Authorizations

- **[basicAuth](https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api/reference/#basicauth)**

## Parameters

### Path Parameters

**account_id**

required

string format: uuid

ID of account

#### Example

```
eeda3227-9a39-46ae-9e14-20958bb4e6c9
```

## Responses

### 200

Returns an `AccountLimits` object.

Media typeapplication/json

Account limits for environments, storage, bandwidth, and billable visits

object

**visitors**

Maximum number of visitors

integer

nullable

**storage**

Maximum storage allowance in GB

integer

nullable

**bandwidth**

Maximum bandwidth allowance in GB

integer

nullable

#### Example

```json
{
  "visitors": 25000,
  "storage": 150,
  "bandwidth": 1000
}
```

### 400

Bad Request

Media typeapplication/json

object

**message**

required

A message regarding the error that occurred on the server

string

**documentation_url**

(Optional) A URL where documentation regarding this specific error can be found

string

**errors**

An array of error objects describing specific errors that arose when servicing the request

Array\<object>

object

**resource**

required

The name of the resource that was being processed when the error occurred

string

**field**

required

(Optional) The specific field associated with the error

string

**type**

required

(Optional) A type associated with the error. `invalid_value`, `access_error`, `value_unavailable`

string

**code**

required

(Optional) A machine code relating to the error that occurred with the field and resource

string

**message**

required

(Optional) A human-readable message relating to the error that occurred with the field and resource

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "message": "Invalid request.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "Resource",
      "field": "field_name",
      "type": "invalid_value",
      "code": "invalid",
      "message": "The value is invalid."
    }
  ]
}
```

### 401

Authentication Error

Media typeapplication/json

object

**message**

required

A message regarding the error that occurred on the server

string

**documentation_url**

(Optional) A URL where documentation regarding this specific error can be found

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "message": "Bad Credentials"
}
```

### 403

Not authorized

Media typeapplication/json

object

**message**

required

A message regarding the error that occurred on the server

string

**documentation_url**

(Optional) A URL where documentation regarding this specific error can be found

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "message": "You don't have permission to perform that action"
}
```

### 404

Not found

Media typeapplication/json

object

**message**

required

A message regarding the error that occurred on the server

string

**documentation_url**

(Optional) A URL where documentation regarding this specific error can be found

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "message": "Not Found"
}
```

### 429

Too many requests

### 500

Internal Server Error

Media typeapplication/json

object

**message**

required

A message regarding the error that occurred on the server

string

#### Example

```json
{
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred, please try again in a few minutes"
}
```

### 502

An invalid response was received from an upstream server

### 503

Service unavailable

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