name: Cat Facts API Rate Limits
description: >-
  The Cat Facts API does not publish explicit rate-limit policies. It is an
  open, free API with no authentication, so no per-key quotas are enforced.
  Practical limits may exist at the infrastructure level but are not documented.
  Consumer best practice is to avoid abusive request volumes and to cache
  responses where possible.
url: https://catfact.ninja/
rateLimits:
  - name: Default (Undocumented)
    description: >-
      No formally documented rate limit. The API is publicly accessible with
      CORS enabled. Developers should implement client-side caching and avoid
      high-frequency polling to remain a good citizen of the shared service.
    requests: null
    period: null
    scope: global
    notes: >-
      No rate-limit headers (X-RateLimit-*) are documented. If the service
      returns HTTP 429, implement exponential back-off. Observed response times
      range from 220 ms to 489 ms.