POST /v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits
Account sid auth token

TODO: Resource-level docs

Create a new Rate Limit for a Service

Path parameters

  • ServiceSid string Required

    The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

    Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body

  • Description string

    Description of this Rate Limit

  • UniqueName string Required

    Provides a unique and addressable name to be assigned to this Rate Limit, assigned by the developer, to be optionally used in addition to SID. This value should not contain PII.

Responses

  • 201 application/json

    Created

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    • account_sid string | null

      The SID of the Account that created the resource

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • date_created string(date-time) | null

      The RFC 2822 date and time in GMT when the resource was created

    • date_updated string(date-time) | null

      The RFC 2822 date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated

    • description string | null

      Description of this Rate Limit

    • links object(uri-map) | null

      The URLs of related resources

    • service_sid string | null

      The SID of the Service that the resource is associated with

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • sid string | null

      A string that uniquely identifies this Rate Limit.

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^RK[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • unique_name string | null

      A unique, developer assigned name of this Rate Limit.

    • url string(uri) | null

      The URL of this resource.
POST /v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/RateLimits' \
 --user "username:password" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 --data 'Description=string&UniqueName=string'
Response examples (201) 
{
  "account_sid": "string",
  "date_created": "2026-05-04T09:42:00Z",
  "date_updated": "2026-05-04T09:42:00Z",
  "description": "string",
  "links": {},
  "service_sid": "string",
  "sid": "string",
  "unique_name": "string",
  "url": "https://example.com"
}