name: An API of Ice and Fire FinOps
description: >-
  Financial operations guidance for An API of Ice and Fire
  (anapioficeandfire.com). This is a free, open API with no cost to consumers.
url: https://anapioficeandfire.com/
cost:
  consumer:
    total: 0
    currency: USD
    notes: >-
      An API of Ice and Fire is entirely free to use. There are no paid tiers,
      subscription fees, or pay-per-use charges. No credit card or account
      registration is required.
  producer:
    notes: >-
      The API is an open-source project maintained by Joakim Skoog. Operating
      costs are borne by the maintainer. Contributions via the GitHub repository
      are welcome.
optimization:
  - strategy: Client-side caching
    description: >-
      Cache API responses on the client side to reduce repeated requests and
      avoid approaching the 20,000 requests/day rate limit. The API itself
      also supports caching via standard HTTP cache headers.
  - strategy: Pagination
    description: >-
      Use pageSize parameter (max 50) to retrieve larger result sets per
      request, reducing total API call count.
  - strategy: Targeted filtering
    description: >-
      Use available query parameters (name, gender, culture, region, etc.) to
      filter results server-side rather than fetching all records and filtering
      client-side.
risks:
  - label: No SLA
    description: As a free community API, there is no formal service level agreement.
  - label: No uptime guarantee
    description: No official status page or uptime commitment exists.
  - label: Single maintainer
    description: The project is maintained by a single developer; future availability is not guaranteed.