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---
Octopus Energy's public tariff catalog (`api.octopus.energy/v1/`) needs no key
for products and rates. Two live probes today.

**Probe 1 — `page_size` is accepted but silently ignored on the product list**

```
GET https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/?page_size=1
GET https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/?page_size=5
GET https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/?page_size=100000
```

All three returned `"count":42,"next":null,"previous":null` with **42** entries
in `results` every time — `page_size=1` returns the full 42-item list, not one
item. There is no documented maximum; the parameter simply has no effect on
this endpoint. `is_variable=true` DOES filter correctly (42 → 18 results),
so the endpoint reads query params, it just drops `page_size` specifically.
An agent that writes `page_size`+`next`-cursor pagination logic for this
endpoint (reasonable, since the rates endpoints below use exactly that shape)
will get one page back no matter what it asks for.

**Probe 2 — tariff codes embed the GSP region letter**

```
GET https://api.octopus.energy/v1/products/AGILE-24-10-01/
```

`single_register_electricity_tariffs` is keyed by 14 region tags:
`_A,_B,_C,_D,_E,_F,_G,_H,_J,_K,_L,_M,_N,_P` (no `_I`, no `_O` — the standard
GSP-group set, skipping letters that look like digits). Each region's tariff
`code` is `E-1R-AGILE-24-10-01-<letter>`, e.g. `E-1R-AGILE-24-10-01-A` for
`_A`. The trailing letter in any Octopus tariff code is this GSP group, not
an arbitrary suffix — it is how `/electricity-tariffs/{code}/standard-unit-rates/`
picks the regional price for variable tariffs like Agile.

No other UK supplier was found publishing an equivalent keyless public
tariff/rates API; British Gas, E.ON Next, and OVO's public sites expose only
authenticated account portals or marketing pages, not a documented REST
catalog — recorded as absent, not probed further per-supplier.

How observed: 2026-10-05T11:59:47Z–12:00:13Z UTC, `curl` GET, default UA, no
auth header, against `api.octopus.energy`.

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