Feature | Email notifications on API requests overusage

Nothing is more frustrating than getting a higher invoice than expected by the end of the month. By implementing a notification management system, we now aim to provide you with timely alerts when your API request usage exceeds predefined thresholds. This MVP is designed to help you proactively manage your API consumption and act upon it if necessary.

The functionality we recently developed is as simple as it is powerful. By making use of our default task-mechanism in Tweakwise App, you can setup a (daily) trigger to test your daily API usage against a manual threshold. Once you surpass the configured threshold, we will send you an email with very basic statistics. The list of respondents can be managed by yourself, so whether it is your financial department or your marketing department receiving those emails (or both), it is up to you. This feature helps you manage your API usage more effectively and avoid unexpected or additional costs due to over usage. Of course, this will not fix your 'problem' in case bot-traffic for example hits your API requests hard, but it will raise awareness with the right people.

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Please note that the settings are located on the 'Setup' tab of your task in Tweakwise App > Connectivity. Do not confuse them with the standard notification settings for task completion (success/failure) on the 'General' tab.

This feature aims to provide you with better insights into your daily API consumption and could help avoid unexpected charges. When setting up this task, we recommend scheduling it to run at 06:00-07:00 AM, as the usage statistics for the previous day will be available by this time. This ensures that notifications are accurate and reflect the full day's API usage.