# What is an "api call" and how do you see the current billable api calls

**URL:** <https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-an-api-call-and-how-do-you-see-the-current-billable-api-calls/922>\
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**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-an-api-call-and-how-do-you-see-the-current-billable-api-calls/922 "2018-11-01T19:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasonpquigley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jasonpquigley](https://community.swiftype.com/u/jasonpquigley)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-an-api-call-and-how-do-you-see-the-current-billable-api-calls/922/1 "2018-11-01T19:47:15Z")

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I’m trying to work out the definition of an api call, for example, I will initially create 400k documents and they will need to be updated daily, does this mean I am doing 400k api calls a day?

Also, where do I see the billable api calls in the console?

Many thanks

Jason