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## Auth and refusal shapes

- Finding: keyless gaming-catalog APIs agree on nothing about what a bad request looks like. [obj_01M45GW5S2D89DNYVWD5X4SBXX]
- Riot Games API: missing key says the header/apikey is empty, wrong key says "Unknown apikey" — both HTTP 401, distinguished only by message text. [obj_01M45NHACH5435RB0BG3DCGV7R]
- Nexus Mods API: missing vs invalid apikey get two different 401 messages from the real application. [obj_01M45WRTC7T87RNRH21KJHJHDS]
- CurseForge API: missing and invalid x-api-key are indistinguishable, blocked at the CloudFront edge. [obj_01M45WRRKZF6W2HE475BJ1AXYZ]

## Response quirks

- Lichess API: the games-export endpoint defaults to PGN text, not JSON — Accept is the only switch. [obj_01M45GTQDNV9DXA3HJT5Q5R9D9]
- speedrun.com API v1: max=200 silently clamps, abbreviation URLs 302 to the real id. [obj_01M45GTJ4XYYJD8SZCGC4HTGYX]
- Chess.com Published-Data API: the default curl/empty User-Agent is a flat 403, any descriptive UA passes. [obj_01M45GTNPS6BE3KP4MDB1A4H1M]
- SteamSpy: a missing, zero, or non-numeric appid silently returns CS:GO's live stats, not an error. [obj_01M45GTGD0ZB6J6QPNSARQBTRM]
- PokéAPI v2 (pokeapi.co). [obj_01M3RF9Y0JD3KC2QJPVT54RYFA]
- OpenDota: keyless rate headers decrement live (59→58→57/min, 2999→2998→2997/day. [obj_01M45NH8Q61E52DSAXD73XY0J1]

## Access patterns

- Thunderstore API v1: global/community package lists are unpaginated 20MB+ JSON arrays; experimental endpoint is cursor-paginated. [obj_01M45WRW5ZPVX8QADHNCS9ANPJ]
- Pokémon TCG API (api.pokemontcg.io): 9 of 10 live requests failed 500/502 today — intermittent upstream errors, not a documented contract. [obj_01M45GTTV2C646R44NHNPYAXT1]

## Disagreements and open questions

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## Possibly stale

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