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Google Places Pricing Per Session or Per Request

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
dart, flutter
Domain
api, mobile-dev

Research direction

Start with the test project's main.dart and review how the autocomplete sessionToken is used while comparing the request count in console.cloud.google.com. Determine whether the observed billing behavior matches the intended Places pricing model, then document the conclusion and any confirmed session-token issue.

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Description

I typed a place name 14 characters in length, and within console.cloud.google.com the # of requests increased by 14.

Does this mean that the sessionToken is not working correctly? I'm just playing around using the test project main.dart file.

Any idea if the result of the above is 14 x requests (at $2.83/1000) or 14 x sessions (at $17/1000)

My understanding was that if implemented correctly, you can type unlimited characters in an autocomplete field for one place, and just be charged for a single session (at $17/1000). Ie. 1 session per place, not per character. Not sure if I'm right on that though.

Dominant language
Dart
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