I really just need the browser to stay open for a little longer because after I hit the search button I get a response back from the api before the page fully loads the info I need. Is there a way to make it wait before closing the session or can it be implemented?

Hi! You are talking about /scrape-js endoint, right? There is no such way now, I believe.
From my experience, timeouts in these scenarios make the whole request very fragile (considering that clicking a button makes some http request), especially when proxy with varying connection quality is involved in the process.