---
title: "Upgrade Account API Usage Level"
method: POST
path: "/account/api_usage_level/upgrade"
tags: ["account"]
---

# Upgrade Account API Usage Level

`POST /account/api_usage_level/upgrade`

Grants a permanent Advanced API usage-level grant. Currently only the Predictions exchange instance is supported. Criteria: at least 1 of the user's last 100 Predictions orders was created via API. Use Get Account API Limits to inspect the resulting usage tier and grants.

## Response `201`

Advanced API usage-level grant created or refreshed successfully

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — No API-created order was found in the user's latest 100 Predictions orders
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded. This endpoint costs 30 tokens and uses the Predictions Write bucket.
- `500` — Internal server error

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