Access limitations

Our Chainlink WS access is based on an RPC method whitelist:
Method
Restrictions
Limitations
eth_getTransactionCount
N/A
N/A
eth_subscribe
N/A
N/A
eth_getBalance
N/A
N/A
eth_getBlockByNumber
N/A
N/A
eth_call
N/A
N/A
eth_unsubscribe
N/A
N/A
eth_getLogs
Maximum 500 calls per minute
Must use a filter
Filter must contain at least one topic
Will only search the last 100 blocks at most.
eth_sendRawTransaction
N/A
N/A
eth_getTransactionReceipt
N/A
N/A
eth_blockNumber
N/A
N/A
In addition to the method whitelist, the following rate limiting is in place on testnets:
Maximum 2,500 messages in 30 minutes
Maximum 100,000 messages in 24 hours
Surpassing these limits may have your connection blocked on the testnets, though this should not happen with normal usage.

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Method	Restrictions	Limitations
`eth_getTransactionCount`	N/A	N/A
`eth_subscribe`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBalance`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBlockByNumber`	N/A	N/A
`eth_call`	N/A	N/A
`eth_unsubscribe`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getLogs`	Maximum 500 calls per minute Must use a filter Filter must contain at least one topic	Will only search the last 100 blocks at most.
`eth_sendRawTransaction`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getTransactionReceipt`	N/A	N/A
`eth_blockNumber`	N/A	N/A