topic Search API and Associtations in APIs & Integrations

Search API and Associtations

jmacera — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:02:57 GMT

Hi!

I've been using the CRM object endpoints to retrieve data about my contacts and deals. Now, I'm in need to be able to retrieve data filtered by lastmodifieddate, thus, I need to use the Search API. I need to retrieve the associations of those objects.

¿Is there a way to do this using the search endpoints as one can retrieve the associations with the CRM objects endpoints like /crm/v3/objects/contacts?hapikey=&limit=10&properties=hs_object_id,email&associations=deals,companies?

Thanks!

Re: Search API and Associtations

Jaycee_Lewis — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:28:59 GMT

Hi, @jmacera 👋 Thanks for your question. You've touched on a limitation of how HubSpot's API endpoints work. For your use case, you'll need to make multiple calls. For example, one call to the Search API and one to the CRM endpoint for the object(s) you are working with. I understand this is a challenge, and I don't want you looking for an all-in-one or unified API that doesn't currently exist.

Best,

Jaycee

Re: Search API and Associtations

jmacera — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:36:04 GMT

Oh, I got it. Thank you very much for your answer, Jaycee.

Re: Search API and Associtations

CBN — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:40:32 GMT

Thanks @Jaycee_Lewis

Can you somehow get the stupid limit of 4 search calls per seconds either removed or changed to 10 or 100 calls per second?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cbjerre_dear-hubspot-thanks-for-loosing-inbound-activity-7184077683075551233-Jqje

Re: Search API and Associtations

BérangèreL — Mon, 27 May 2024 11:52:56 GMT

Hi @CBN,

Thank you for asking the Community!

I'm sorry to hear about your experience regarding this.
I have shared your valuable feedback internally for more visibility.

The Team confirmed that the limit for the CRM Search API is per app, so each public app or private app has its own limit of 4 requests per second.

As far as increasing or removing it, that is not possible unfortunately at the moment. You will therefore need to work within that 4 requests per second for now.

At minimum, you should be throttling your requests to avoid going over that limit, like you should be doing with other APIs and the standard burst limits, as errors for the burst limits still count towards the daily limit for private apps.

It's hard to offer suggestions without knowing the specific use case, but there are often more efficient APIs that can be used.

If you are having issues with the limit, the best suggestion would be to have you work with a tech consultant to figure out a better way to get the data you are looking for.

Thank you.

Best,
Bérangère

Re: Search API and Associtations

CBN — Tue, 28 May 2024 08:59:35 GMT

Thanks @BérangèreL The use case is very simple as sometimes I have five workflows initiated within the same second and each will search 1 to 4 times before ending. And this one or more of them dies due to the the search limit. I have added a 200ms delay after each search, but this does not handle all cases.

Re: Search API and Associtations

CBN — Tue, 28 May 2024 09:01:19 GMT

PS: I will not pay for consulting. You have a strange and useless API for search so that is what should be fixed to work like the other integrations with have with our platform.