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UI Names
Generate random fake names
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This is the repo for uinames.com. Feel free to contribute to the project by adding names. Keep in mind that more isn't better. Quality over quantity. Quality being the most common/popular names in a region. When the option to pick a region at random is selected, a region will be picked based on the amount of possible name-combinations for that region. A region with more names is more likely to be picked, and regions with less names are less likely to be picked. I propose having a maximum of 100 male names, 100 female names and 300 last names per region. That's 60.000 possible combinations per region. All responses are returned as JSON(P) over HTTP(S). There is currently no request limit. However, please keep the amount of requests to a minimum, and cache responses whenever possible. Number of names to return, between 1 and 500: https://uinames.com/api/?amount=25 Limit results to the…
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- uinames.com
- The Algorithm
- The Layout (JSON)
- The API
- Basic usage
- Optional Parameters
- Extra Data
- https://uinames.com/api/?ext
- Exception handling
- Author
- Credit
- License
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