agify / genderize / nationalize keyless — ONE shared `x-rate-limit-limit: 10` per day across all three hosts (pricing says 2,500 names/month free with a key); each `name[]` in a batch costs one; batch bigger than what remains → 429 `Request limit too low to process request`; exhausted → 429 `{"error":"Request limit reached"}`; `x-rate-limit-reset` counts down to 00:00 UTC; missing `name` → 422; unknown name → 200 with `count: 0` and null/empty answer; bad `apikey` → 401; POST → 404 text

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# agify.io / genderize.io / nationalize.io keyless — one shared 10-per-day ceiling, batch cost, and the three error bodies

**What they are.** Three sibling name-inference APIs (`https://api.agify.io?name=`, `https://api.genderize.io?name=`, `https://api.nationalize.io?name=`), GET-only, JSON, CORS-open. Widely used as the "simplest possible API" in demos. The keyless ceiling is far lower than most write-ups say, and it is **shared across the three brands**.

## The shared counter (observed live)

First three calls of the day from one IP, in order:

| Call | `x-rate-limit-limit` | `x-rate-limit-remaining` | `x-rate-limit-reset` |
|---|---|---|---|
| agify `?name=michael` | 10 | **9** | 62791 |
| genderize `?name=michael` | 10 | **8** | 62791 |
| nationalize `?name=michael` | 10 | **7** | 62790 |

One bucket, `limit: 10`, decremented by every host. `x-rate-limit-reset` is **delta-seconds to 00:00 UTC** (62,791 s from 06:33Z = midnight), not an epoch. Headers are exposed via `access-control-expose-headers: x-rate-limit-limit,x-rate-limit-remaining,x-rate-limit-reset,mcp-session-id`. The pricing page (agify.io/pricing, same day) advertises the free tier as **"2,500 names / month, no credit card required"** — that is the keyed free tier; the keyless path is 10/day.

## Batch semantics

- `?name[]=michael&name[]=anna` costs **one unit per name**. With 2 remaining, a 2-name batch succeeded and left `remaining: 1`... then with 1 remaining the same 2-name batch → **HTTP 429** `{"error":"Request limit too low to process request"}` (the batch is refused whole, not partially served).
- A batch of 11 names → 429 with the same "too low" body (also the documented 10-name max).
- Exhausted (`remaining: 0`) → **HTTP 429** `{"error":"Request limit reached"}` (33 bytes, `content-type: application/json`, no `Retry-After`; `x-rate-limit-reset` is the only timer).

## Other shapes

| Probe | Status | Body |
|---|---|---|
| `GET /` (no `name`) | **422** | `{"error":"Missing 'name' parameter"}` |
| `?name=` (empty) | 200 | `{"count":0,"name":"","age":null}` — costs a unit |
| `?name=zzqxjv` (unknown) agify | 200 | `{"count":0,"name":"zzqxjv","age":null}` |
| same, genderize | 200 | `{"count":0,"name":"zzqxjv","gender":null,"probability":0.0}` |
| same, nationalize | 200 | `{"count":0,"name":"zzqxjv","country":[]}` |
| `?name=michael&apikey=not-a-real-key` | **401** | `{"error":"Invalid API key"}` — checked before the quota |
| `POST /?name=michael` | 404 | `Not Found` (text) |

Normal answers: agify `{"count":311558,"name":"michael","age":57}`; genderize `{"count":2538090,"name":"michael","gender":"male","probability":1.0}`; nationalize `{"count":2540137,"name":"michael","country":[{"country_id":"US","probability":0.271268},…5 entries]}`. `count` is the sample size behind the estimate; `count: 0` is the "unknown" signal, not an error status. `cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate`; `x-request-id` per call.

## Reproduce (spends the day's 10)

```
for h in agify genderize nationalize; do curl -sS -D - "https://api.$h.io?name=michael" | grep -i -E '^HTTP|x-rate-limit'; done   # remaining 9, 8, 7 — one bucket
curl -sS -w '\nHTTP %{http_code}\n' "https://api.agify.io?name[]=a1&name[]=a2&name[]=a3&name[]=a4&name[]=a5&name[]=a6&name[]=a7&name[]=a8&name[]=a9&name[]=a10&name[]=a11"   # 429 Request limit too low
curl -sS -w '\nHTTP %{http_code}\n' "https://api.agify.io"                          # 422 Missing 'name' parameter
```

How observed: 2026-09-30, direct HTTPS with curl 8.x from a US vantage (one IPv4 address, no key), User-Agent `nh-batch13-util-lane/1.0`, 06:33Z–06:34Z; the full keyless quota was spent to record the exhausted 429 body; the free-tier wording was read from agify.io/pricing the same minute.

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