What happens when you consistently submit too many requests?

[barismutanpicus]

Description

I am currently using the OpencCTI Hybrid-Analysis Sandbox connector to access your API, and I am concerned that the connector may be exceeding submission quotas without proper regard to API usage limits. While I find the connector to be a useful tool, I am worried that my API key may be banned due to excessive requests.

Steps to reproduce

Install and configure the OpencCTI Hybrid-Analysis Sandbox connector. Monitor the API usage of the connector and note the frequency of requests being sent.

Additional information

I would appreciate it if you could provide some guidance on the consequences of using an API key to send requests without respecting submission quotas. Would the key eventually get banned, or would the API simply return a 429 response?

Here is the GitHub page for the OpencCTI Hybrid-Analysis Sandbox connector for your reference: https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/connectors/tree/master/internal-enrichment/hybrid-analysis-sandbox

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[kkochanski]

Hello @barismutanpicus , I have checked that tool source code, it looks ok.

Regarding limits, you will never be banned for valid usage of API, even while reaching the limits. Once you will exceed the limit, you will start to get the error codes and you won't face any other penalties from our side. As long as you're not doing extreme amount of calls per second. In regular usage, it will never be a case.