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.