# Fictional People — Randomly

> Names that hold together across a nationality. One of 63 generators at [Randomly](https://randomly.cluxnei.dev), a library of random generators seeded from verifiable real-world entropy. Free HTTP API, no key, no signup.

## `words.identity` — Fictional People

Names that hold together across a nationality.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Key** | `words.identity` |
| **Module** | `words` |
| **Version** | `1` — a permalink carries this, and a replay against a different version returns `409` rather than something else |
| **Formats** | `application/json`, `text/plain` |
| **Studio** | https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/g/words/identity |
| **API** | `GET https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/api/v1/g/words.identity` |

`value` is the result itself — one value, or a list of them; `display` is the same thing rendered as a single human-readable string.

**Not reproducible.** Built on live external material that moves, so the same seed
against tomorrow's data would pick something else. No permalink is issued, because a link
that quietly stops working is worse than no link.

| Parameter | Type | Default | Accepts | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `count` | int | `5` | `1` – `20` | How many |
| `nationality` | enum | `any` | `any`, `br`, `ca`, `de`, `dk`, `es`, `fi`, `fr`, `gb`, `ie`, `in`, `no`, `nl`, `nz`, `tr`, `us` | Nationality — Names and places come from the same locale, so the person holds together. Mixed draws each person from a random one. |
| `with_location` | bool | `true` | `true`, `false` | Include where they live |
| `with_email` | bool | `true` | `true`, `false` | Include an email address — Always on example.com, which RFC 2606 reserves precisely so that test data cannot reach a real inbox. |
| `with_age` | bool | `true` | `true`, `false` | Include an age |

Out-of-range numbers are **clamped, not rejected**, so a request never fails for being
ambitious — but it may not do what you meant. Unknown keys are dropped and missing ones
fall back to the defaults above.

```bash
curl -s 'https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/api/v1/g/words.identity?count=5&nationality=any&with_location=1' -H 'Accept: text/plain'
```

## The receipt

Every result carries one, naming the physical source of the randomness and linking to the
third party's own record of it:

```json
"receipt": {
  "source": "seismic",
  "source_label": "USGS Seismic Feed",
  "class": "C",
  "caveat": "Carries only tens of bits of genuine surprise. Always mixed with the OS CSPRNG.",
  "narrative": "A magnitude 3.6 earthquake, 67 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico, 39.6 km down — 52 minutes ago.",
  "proof_url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000th33",
  "mixed_with_csprng": true,
  "degraded": false
}
```

Pick the source with `?source=`, or leave it at the default `auto`:

- **Class A** (Cryptographic) — `csprng`, `anu-qrng`, `random-org`
- **Class B** (Public beacon) — `nist-beacon`, `drand`, `bitcoin`. Published openly — anyone can look this value up after the fact.
- **Class C** (Observational) — `seismic`, `space-weather`, `atmosphere`, `iss`. Carries only tens of bits of genuine surprise. Always mixed with the OS CSPRNG.

## More

- [The full API contract](https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/api.md)
- [Everything in one file](https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/llms-full.txt)
- [The catalogue as JSON](https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/api/v1/generators)
- [This generator in the browser](https://randomly.cluxnei.dev/g/words/identity)