# Dealing with WebAPI Slow or No Response

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/dealing-with-webapi-slow-or-no-response/1040654>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** webapi\
**Created:** [December 20, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/dealing-with-webapi-slow-or-no-response/1040654 "2020-12-20T19:22:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/drted/32/92694_2.png) [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/dealing-with-webapi-slow-or-no-response/1040654/1 "2020-12-20T19:22:24Z")

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I was curious how other are handling Web API calls that are slow or never respond. I run a waiting look, then return an error that LOOKS like the API service error.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/8/a8552bab2897e2d7abd50d6a02cd803666daeecf.png)  
EDIT: This API is acutally pretty fast. This is just an example of how I have been handling API calls in general.

What other approaches are others using?

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/dealing-with-webapi-slow-or-no-response/1040654/2 "2020-12-20T19:36:27Z")

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I would use a different service if and when possible should I experience issues like that. Have you checked out googles timesone api? It’s only a 400 ms avg response time.

Obviously this doesn’t solve all situations. Your solution looks pretty solid IMO.

[https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json?location=38.908133,-77.047119&timestamp=1458000000&key=AIzaSyB7Ge0aDj6A9KR6Gi81Pz-HkDzWwvjaA-w](https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/timezone/json?location=38.908133,-77.047119&timestamp=1458000000&key=AIzaSyB7Ge0aDj6A9KR6Gi81Pz-HkDzWwvjaA-w)

```
{
   "dstOffset" : 3600,
   "rawOffset" : -18000,
   "status" : "OK",
   "timeZoneId" : "America/New_York",
   "timeZoneName" : "Eastern Daylight Time"
}

```

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**Author:** ![drted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/drted/32/92694_2.png) [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/dealing-with-webapi-slow-or-no-response/1040654/3 "2020-12-20T19:55:29Z")

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@jared,  
Thanks for the tip! This API is actually extremely fast and reliable. I have a few others that are less so.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/dealing-with-webapi-slow-or-no-response/1040654/4 "2024-11-08T12:19:36Z")

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