How fresh are profiles returned by the Enrich Layer API?

March 29, 2022

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Enrich Layer API returns profiles of varying levels of freshness. * Profiles that are less than 29 days old. * Use use_cache=if-recent parameter to enable...

Enrich Layer API returns profiles of varying levels of freshness.

  • Profiles that are less than 29 days old.

Use `use_ parameter to enable profile freshness of <= 29 days

  • On average, 88% of profiles are fetched in real-time when this parameter is provided.

  • The other 12% of profiles are popular profiles which are frequently queried which is why we cache them.

  • The drawback is that requests might take 2-3 seconds to complete. Use this parameter if you need fresh profiles.

  • Profiles with no freshness guarantee.

Use `use_ parameter to fetch cached profiles.

  • Profiles are fetched from LinkDB if it exists in LinkDB. If not, we will fetch them live.

  • The good thing about this parameter is that response returns almost immediately. Use this parameter if you need fast responses such as with UI applications.