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GET
/
cost
cURL
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.isofold.com/cost \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "original_cost": 123,
  "optimized_cost": 123,
  "savings": 123
}
Estimate the cost of running a query before and after Isofold optimization. This endpoint is primarily supported for BigQuery, where dry-run mode provides exact byte scan estimates. For other warehouses, estimates are heuristic-based.

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Request

Make a GET request to /cost with a query parameter: 
curl -G https://api.isofold.com/cost \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=SELECT * FROM users"

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Query Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystring✅Raw SQL query to evaluate

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Response

{
  "original_cost": 0.29,
  "optimized_cost": 0.11,
  "savings": 0.18
}

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Fields

FieldTypeDescription
original_costnumberCost estimate of the unoptimized query (USD)
optimized_costnumberCost estimate of the rewritten query (USD)
savingsnumberDifference between original and optimized cost

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Notes

  • On BigQuery, this uses real dry-run estimates.
  • On other engines, costs are approximated using:
    • Column count
    • Join complexity
    • Filter selectivity
  • Use this endpoint to evaluate query rewrites without executing them.
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Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

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query
string
required

SQL query string

Response

200 - application/json

Cost estimate result

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original_cost
number
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optimized_cost
number
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savings
number