What are the pros/cons of using the Streaming API?

[timvdhoorn]

As the title says. What are the pros/cons of using the Streaming API?
And what if I disable the Streaming API?

[jlestel]

Streaming is ideal for live data but only contains so many fields (12 before and 20 max with new Telemetry).

If you disable the streaming API, you will use the owner (or new fleet) API a lot more and risk being quickly banned.

[timvdhoorn]

So you recommend leaving streaming API enabled?

The main reason that I'm asking is when I disable the streaming API, in the car the location icon stays on all the time (i prefer it that way).
But when I enable Streaming API this icon is constantly appearing/disappearing which makes the clock bounce which is annoying.
I just implemented the MyTeslaMate API and haven't tested it yet with this way > if I disable streaming API it will only use the MyTeslaMate API, correct?

[jlestel]

So you recommend leaving streaming API enabled?

Yep because it can give more data than Fleet API.

if I disable streaming API it will only use the MyTeslaMate API, correct?

Yep but you will quickly reach the Fleet API quotas. That's why we're working on #3940, to be able to increase API interval and keep streaming with will give more complete data in the end. By only using the Fleet API you risk having data for 1 hour before getting banned for the day.