exa-multi-env-setup

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Exa Multi-Environment Setup

Overview

Exa charges per search request at api.exa.ai. Multi-environment setup focuses on API key isolation per environment, request limits and caching to control costs in staging, and appropriate numResults/content settings per tier.

Prerequisites

  • Exa API key(s) from dashboard.exa.ai
  • exa-js installed (npm install exa-js)
  • Optional: Redis for search result caching in staging/production

Environment Strategy

Environment Key Isolation numResults Content Cache TTL
Development Shared dev key 3 highlights only None
Staging Staging key 5 text (1000 chars) 5 min
Production Prod key 10 text (2000 chars) 1 hour

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