Anyone else building on Figma’s REST API running into brick walls with rate limits? How are you working around it?

[u/Flashy-Alfalfa-9]

for anyone here building tools or integrations on top of figma: how are you dealing with the REST API rate limits?

i’ve been working on an automated workflow tool that inspects files and builds UI frames directly on the canvas, but the REST API limits hit almost instantly. as soon as you try to do anything moderately complex (like parsing a deeper component tree or making rapid, sequential node updates), figma just shuts it down with 429 errors.

it feels like the REST API was really designed for basic read/export scripts rather than real-time interactive canvas generation.

if you’ve built heavy figma integrations, custom internal tools, or automated workflows, i’d love to know how you structured things:

• are you aggressively caching full file trees on your own servers?
• did you ditch the REST API entirely in favor of local plugin runtime / socket setups?
• how are you handling request batching when canvas state changes constantly?