An API request is counted every time Prefixbox’s search is called (including every keystroke in Rich Autocomplete and filtering and paging from the AI Search Engine).
For example, a shopper executing the search ‘apple’, will use 6 API requests for Autocomplete and 1 API request for the Search Engine to execute the search:
- a
- ap
- app
- appl
- apple
- search: "apple"
If the shopper then filters one time and pages one time, those actions count as 2 more API requests.
In total, this shopping journey has used 9 API requests.
If you are using AI Navigation or AI Recommend, there are other API requests to consider.
AI Navigation places Related Keyword, Category, and Product suggestions in the Autocomplete, above the results on the SERP, and below the results on the SERP. Due to this nature, whenever a shopper executes a search, 3 API requests will be counted for AI Navigation.
AI Recommend API requests will vary based on how many containers you have placed and where they are located but will work similarly to AI Navigation.
Yes, each plan is tailored based on your needs. For example, you may have a higher volume of API requests for AI Recommend than for AI Search, so the best plan for you might be:
- AI Search: Grow
- AI Recommend: Grow+
Yes, each suite offering comes with its own API request quota that can only be used for that suite.
For example:If you have the Grow+ package for AI Search, you have 600,000-900,000 API requests to be used specifically for AI Search APIs.
If you have the Grow package for AI Navigation, you will have an additional 300,000-600,000 API requests for AI Navigation APIs.
You cannot use or transfer the API request allocation from one product suite to another.