# How to disable API Enrichment before running a flow?

**URL:** <https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-disable-api-enrichment-before-running-a-flow/2525>\
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**Tags:** Using-APIs, Building-Flows\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-disable-api-enrichment-before-running-a-flow/2525 "2022-09-30T11:56:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![sdp\_pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sdp\_pirate](https://community.parabola.io/u/sdp_pirate)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-disable-api-enrichment-before-running-a-flow/2525/1 "2022-09-30T11:56:45Z")

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Hi there community,  
I think this is an issue many of us had, It seems that the enrich by an API steps sends call every time we refresh the setting and this cause a huge problem for two reasons;

- sending duplicate requests , some APis limit the amount of requests per day
- Having to wait until the refresh is done and all rows processed which is a huge waste of time.

I’ve looked and I can’t find any solution to disable the step while building the flow. I was wondering if any of you tried limit the rate limiting to 0 (Maximum pages to fetch), in a GET request , what about a POST request?

I just can’t test if on my end my step is still refreshing 🙃

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**Author:** ![sdp\_pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@sdp\_pirate](https://community.parabola.io/u/sdp_pirate)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-disable-api-enrichment-before-running-a-flow/2525/2 "2022-09-30T12:10:53Z")

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SPOILER! Nope. Rate limiting pages to fetch to 0 doesn’t work for POST requests .

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**Author:** ![Emory\_Stainbrook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/emory_stainbrook/32/1772_2.png) [@Emory\_Stainbrook](https://community.parabola.io/u/Emory_Stainbrook)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-disable-api-enrichment-before-running-a-flow/2525/3 "2022-09-30T16:17:38Z")

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Hi @sdp_pirate- Currently the Enrich with an API step will calculate while you are building, however Engineering is tracking the feature request in [this thread](https://community.parabola.io/t/switch-off-api-enrichment-while-in-dev-mode/764). Please upvote that thread if you haven’t done so already!

There are some [workarounds](https://community.parabola.io/t/switch-off-api-enrichment-while-in-dev-mode/764/18) listed there as well as to help prevent API calls from being made as you’re building out your Flow.

Let us know if you have any questions!