Not all products have 3D models

[shish]

Current behaviour of "show all search results, with no indication of which ones have models, then give a 404 error when the user tries to import one" is not ideal...

When browsing the website, the browser calls a "does a model exist for this product" API when you visit the product page, but there is nothing in the search results page. We could call the "does a model exist for this product" API for every item in the search results list, but that turns one API call into 20+ calls, which will slow down the experience for the user and increase load on ikea's website (only a tiny amount of load compared to the millions of users accessing the site normally, but still)

How much extra load / slowness can we justify having?

If we can know which ones have models, what do we do with that information?

• Hide results without models? (cleaner)
• Show results with the import button greyed out and a "no model available" message? (means that users won't waste time like "I know ikea has this product, why isn't it showing in the search results?")

[chrleon]

If the call is fast enough, what about checking the 'has model api' on hover? Or for only the ones visible in the list on the users screen?