# Agent Newsstand — Places Search

> Agent Newsstand — Places Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentnewsstand.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Search for places/businesses by keyword query and country, returning token-efficient results for AI agents

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agentnewsstand.com/v1/place
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agent-newsstand-places-search-df6635c5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4V3-4VDE1einvTS9QAcRm

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 agent-newsstand-places-search-df6635c5
```

Example prompt: Search Agent Newsstand for 'Italian restaurants' in the US and return up to 5000 characters of results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to discover or look up real-world places and businesses by type and geography without API keys or signup, paying only per call via USDC on Base. Ideal for travel, market research, or local services discovery workflows where token efficiency matters and no persistent subscription is desired.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'q' query parameter returns validation error
- Invalid or unsupported country code may return empty results or error
- max_chars out of range (below 1000 or above 100000) returns schema validation error
- Payment failure via x402/USDC on Base blocks request
- No results found for obscure query/country combinations returns empty list
- Rate limiting or quota exhaustion if payment not processed

## How this service works

15 pay-per-call endpoints for AI agents: tokenized-asset candles, SEC filings, earnings, US macro, web search, page reader, paywall unlock, screenshots. USDC on Base via x402. No API keys, no signup.

## Output

A token-efficient text payload (up to max_chars characters) containing business/place listings matching the search query in the specified country, including names, addresses, and relevant details about matching locations.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Search query, e.g. business type + area"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "2-letter country code"
      },
      "max_chars": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 100000,
       "minimum": 1000
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agent-newsstand-places-search-df6635c5/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.agentnewsstand.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.agentnewsstand.com/llms.txt)