# Add new record + Search API - why delay?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/add-new-record-search-api-why-delay/95196>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** developer-tools, professional, contacts\
**Created:** [December 1, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/add-new-record-search-api-why-delay/95196 "2023-12-01T10:01:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dmydlarz](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dmydlarz/32/62150_2.png) [@dmydlarz](https://community.hubspot.com/u/dmydlarz)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/add-new-record-search-api-why-delay/95196/1 "2023-12-01T10:01:38Z")

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Hello!  
I’ve been playing with Hubspot via REST API.

What I discovered is that between adding a record (let’s say a contact) to my account via POST request, it’s not immediately returned by the Search API.

Most of the time it takes up to 5-10 seconds, for the record to be returned from the Search request.  
Is that expected behavior?

Or is it something we can improve?  
Here are the requests I’m making  
Create Record:

```lia-code-sample
curl 'https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts' \
--data-raw '{
 "properties": {
 "email": "john@example.com",
 "firstname": "John",
 "lastname": "Doe"
 }
}'

```

Search records:

```lia-code-sample
curl 'https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts/search' \
--data '{
 "limit": 100
}'

```

PS. It’s not a problem of paging, as I’m literally having only few objects in my account.  
Anynone can relate to this problem?

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**Author:** ![Jaycee\_Lewis](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaycee_lewis/32/61352_2.png) [@Jaycee\_Lewis](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Jaycee_Lewis)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/add-new-record-search-api-why-delay/95196/2 "2023-12-01T17:36:39Z")

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Hey, @dmydlarz 👋 Thanks for your question. To confirm, this is the expected behaviour when using the Search API and newly created records. The documentation doesn’t provide details of the underlying “why”. It states — “It may take a few moments for newly created or updated CRM objects to appear in search results.” — [Search API Limitations](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/search#limitations)

Have fun building! — Jaycee

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**Author:** ![HDesk5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HDesk5](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HDesk5)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/add-new-record-search-api-why-delay/95196/3 "2024-04-09T11:17:13Z")

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Do we have any other solution to overcome this?