# GlobalRules - Business Dress Code by Country

> GlobalRules - Business Dress Code by Country is a paid API for AI agents from globalrules-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the business dress code norms and expectations for a specified country (e.g., Germany)

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://globalrules-api.onrender.com/api/v1/country/DE/business_dress_code
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalrules-business-dress-code-by-country-2e73c824
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pAuagRmK42WiRd4qotb8a

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability globalrules-business-dress-code-by-country-2e73c824
```

Example prompt: What is the expected business dress code in Germany? I have a corporate meeting there and want to make sure I dress appropriately.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, verified, country-specific lookup of business dress code norms without building or maintaining your own dataset. It covers 106 countries with verified sources, making it ideal for travel prep tools, HR platforms, or AI assistants needing cross-cultural business etiquette data at low cost ($0.01/call).

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported country code returns a 404 or error response
- Invalid field name in URL path returns an error
- Service downtime on Render hosting platform may cause 503 responses
- Data may be outdated if not recently refreshed from verified sources

## How this service works

One specific fact for one country: VAT/GST rate, public holidays by country, visa requirements for travelers, tipping customs, power plug type, minimum wage, corporate tax, digital nomad visa, customs duty-free allowance and more. 138 countries, 55 fields, verified sources. Example: /api/v1/country/JP/vat

## Output

A JSON object containing the country code, the business dress code norms and expectations for that country as a text description, and a last-updated timestamp indicating when the data was verified.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "country": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "updated": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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