Exa Performance Tuning

Overview

Optimize Exa AI search API response times and throughput for production RAG pipelines and search integrations. Exa search latency varies by type: keyword search (200-500ms), neural search (500-2000ms), and auto mode (300-1500ms).

Prerequisites

• Exa API integration (exa-js SDK or REST API)
• Cache infrastructure (Redis or in-memory LRU)
• Understanding of search patterns in your application

Instructions

Step 1: Choose Search Type by Latency Requirement

import Exa from 'exa-js';

// Match search type to latency budget
function optimizedSearch(exa: Exa, query: string, latencyBudgetMs: number) {
  if (latencyBudgetMs < 500) {  # HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
    // Fast path: keyword search for structured/exact queries