# Understand better about API request in Directus
**URL:** https://community.directus.com/t/understand-better-about-api-request-in-directus/1756
**Category:** Help
**Tags:** api
**Created:** [December 27, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/understand-better-about-api-request-in-directus/1756 "2025-12-27T05:00:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Zura1555](https://community.directus.com/u/Zura1555)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/understand-better-about-api-request-in-directus/1756/1 "2025-12-27T05:00:51Z")
Hi guys,
Our team has just moved from self-hosted to cloud version. One of the critical things is that I want to manage the API request well but I do not see any detail document about how API request is calculated. For the time being, I know that API requests count for both Directus Admin Panel & also the external API.
I want to know if any operation inside Directus Admin Panel like Flows, CSV Import can top up the total API requests since I have many flows or data import for the migration state.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@rijkvanzanten](https://community.directus.com/u/rijkvanzanten)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/understand-better-about-api-request-in-directus/1756/2 "2025-12-28T14:28:04Z")
Hey @Zura1555! 👋 Every API request to Directus — including the ones from the studio — are counted as API requests. Therefore a request to trigger a flow or importing a single CSV file all are counted as a single API request. If you have concerns about your usage of your cloud project our support team can help you out more over at [support@directus.io](mailto:support@directus.io). Thanks!