API Proxy usage ​

Workato measures API Proxy usage in API Proxy Calls. Each successful request to an API Proxy counts as one API Proxy Call, whether or not transformation is applied. Response time does not affect the count.

API Proxy requests consume fewer credits per call than Managed API requests, because proxying a request is a lighter operation than running a full Managed API.

How API Proxy Calls are measured ​

The following diagram demonstrates how requests to an API Proxy are measured.

API Proxy calculation rules ​

API Proxy usage calculations follow the general usage calculation rules, where successful calls count toward usage and failed calls are excluded.

Workato uses the following additional rules to calculate API Proxy usage:

• The job must finish as designed, even if it returns expected errors such as 4xx or 5xx status codes defined in the recipe logic.
• Cached API responses from GET requests count toward API Proxy Call usage the same way as non-cached responses.

API Proxy usage examples ​

The following examples demonstrate how Workato calculates API Proxy usage.

API Proxy recipe ​

API Proxy recipe with transformation ​