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Uber REST API calls have high response time. Is there a was to improve them?

we develop an intermodal travel app which integrates Uber with the Uber REST API. I made some calls using curl to the following API services:

  • api.uber.com/v1.2/products
  • api.uber.com/v1.2/estimates/time
  • api.uber.com/v1.2/estimates/price

All calls have response times between 1 and 1.5 seconds. I find these response times quite high. Is there a way to improve the response times of the API? Thanx & kind regards Jean-Marc

Solution

  • High response times were caused by

    • corporate reverse proxy
    • overhead using curl