name: Sunrise Sunset FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for teams consuming the Sunrise Sunset API.
url: https://sunrise-sunset.org/api
costModel:
  type: free
  price: 0
  currency: USD
  notes: >
    The Sunrise Sunset API is entirely free with no paid tiers, no usage-based
    billing, and no account required. The only obligation is attribution — any
    application or product using the API must display a visible link back to
    sunrise-sunset.org.
budgeting:
  estimatedMonthlyCost: 0
  notes: >
    No direct cost to budget for. Teams should factor in any infrastructure
    costs on their own side for caching responses, as the API has no SLA and
    does not publish uptime guarantees. Caching sunrise/sunset values locally
    (they change slowly) reduces dependency on external availability.
risks:
  - type: availability
    description: >
      No SLA is offered. Service is monitored via UptimeRobot at
      https://apistatus.sunrise-sunset.org/ but no uptime guarantee is provided.
  - type: rate-limiting
    description: >
      No published rate limits. High-volume or bursty traffic patterns may be
      blocked without notice.
  - type: compliance
    description: >
      Attribution is a contractual requirement per the terms of use. Failure
      to attribute may constitute a terms-of-service violation.
recommendations:
  - Cache API responses client-side; sunrise/sunset values for a given
    lat/lng/date are deterministic and can be pre-fetched or stored.
  - Monitor the status page at https://apistatus.sunrise-sunset.org/ for
    service incidents.
  - Include visible attribution linking back to https://sunrise-sunset.org/
    in any public-facing product.