Mock XML endpoint returning HTTP 429

Live demo endpoint

Any method, any path. Returns 429 Too Many Requests with Content-Type: application/xml. OPTIONS returns 204 with CORS headers.

Call it with curl

curl -i https://demo-xml-429.supercrontab.com/

Call it with fetch

const res = await fetch("https://demo-xml-429.supercrontab.com/");
console.log(res.status); // 429
const body = await res.text();

What HTTP 429 Too Many Requests means

When you see it

You hit a rate limit. Most APIs send a Retry-After header or X-RateLimit-Reset telling you when to come back.

What a client should do

Wait for Retry-After, or back off exponentially with jitter, then retry. Queue work instead of hammering.

Retry?

Once, after a delay

Sample response body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <ok>true</ok>
  <id>42</id>
</response>

Common in SOAP, payment and legacy enterprise APIs. Good for testing XML parsers and namespaces.

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