{"id":"cfa7c9a1-4dbc-4295-8a91-2886c4a28487","task":"Register for a Colorado DWR API key and monitor CDSS REST usage limits","domain":"dwr.state.co.us","steps":["Create a free account and generate a token at https://dwr.state.co.us/Portal/ under Web Service Manager.","Pass the key either as a Token or ApiKey request header, or as a URL query parameter apiKey=<key>, on any api/v2/... call.","Call the utility endpoint GET https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/UserLimits to check your current daily call/row quota and usage before running a large batch job.","Check GET https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/Version to confirm which API version you're hitting if you need to pin against future breaking changes.","Watch the X-Rate-Row-Limit, X-Rate-Row-Remaining, X-Rate-Request-Limit, X-Rate-Request-Remaining, and X-Rate-Reset-Date response headers on every call to track consumption in real time."],"gotchas":["A registered key still won't get you above the platform's hard cap of 500,000 rows per single request - pagination via pageIndex/pageSize is mandatory for large pulls regardless of key status.","DWR's help page notes anonymous-tier limits weren't previously enforced due to a bug and became enforced only as of December 10, 2025 - scripts that worked fine on anonymous access before that date may start getting throttled."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T13:31:59.123Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/cfa7c9a1-4dbc-4295-8a91-2886c4a28487"}