API response take a long time

[temi]

APIs such as the one to fetch a profile can take a long time (more than 0.5 seconds). Downloading content for a batch of species profiles adds up. Investigate what is causing this to happen.
One option is to add a flag to fetch opus config only when it is needed.

[adam-collins]

Performance varies depending on the opusID. The worst performer on dev is foa, where the slowest request among the first 5 profiles retrieved was 5.4 seconds. Executing 10 concurrent requests to dev for foa reduces the average time to 767 milliseconds for the 19898 profiles with a guid, or 4.24 hours for all foa profiles with a guid.

For a comparison, the /export service will return all the required information for foa in a minute or two.

[temi]

@adam-collins a faster implementation of API is now on profiles-dev.ala.org.au. You have to include two query parameters -
onlyContent=true&fullClassification=false

[adam-collins]

Tested and it is much faster on dev. 4.5 hrs to 0.3 hrs for foa.