I'd like a regular search page to use first for query development and then once I'd figured out my queries, an API would be good for automation. Maybe make the

I'd like a regular search page to use first for query development and then once I'd figured out my queries, an API would be good for automation. Maybe make the search page free and charge for the API? Cost-wise for the API, the kinds of pricing offered by services like firebase, parse, readability, etc. seem too high. I think APIs cost too much in general though. Something along those lines would be reasonable.