---
title: API Policies
last_modified: 2026-10-27
---

A value in an API response is never a string with a label or unit in it. A value
of a native type is sent as that type, and its unit goes in the field name, for
example `_ms`.

Wrong:

```json
{ "execution_time": "0 ms" }
```

Right:

```json
{ "execution_time_ms": 0 }
```