hotheadhacker/no-as-a-service
No-as-a-Service (NaaS) is a simple API that returns a random rejection reason. Use it when you need a realistic excuse, a fun “no,” or want to simulate being turned down in style.
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Where it stands
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Ranks #23 among API repositories tracked this week, and #23 over the last 30 days; #991 of 2,503 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 40%).
The project lists 19 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #5 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 4, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a simple API that returns random, creative rejection reasons for various scenarios.
- Offers a lightweight, ready-to-use service that adds humor and realism to polite refusals or denials.
- Use for integrating witty rejection responses in chatbots, apps, or Slack integrations to enhance user interaction.
- Use for simulating realistic rejection scenarios in testing or demo environments requiring varied refusal messages.
- Use for adding playful negative feedback in admin panels, gaming services, or personal projects needing humorous 'no' replies.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.
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From the README
Ever needed a graceful way to say “no”? This tiny API returns random, generic, creative, and sometimes hilarious rejection reasons — perfectly suited for any scenario: personal, professional, student life, dev life, or just because.
Built for humans, excuses, and humor.
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Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
497+6
Open issues
70+0
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| public-apis/public-apis | 488.0K | +0 | 75 | — |
| hasura/graphql-engine | 32.1K | +0 | 75 | 36 days ago |
| hotheadhacker/no-as-a-service | 8.0K | +0 | 75 | — |
| Category median | 30.5K | +400 | 75 | — |
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