# Barvis API - About

> Barvis API - About is a paid API for AI agents from api.barvis.io, paid per call via x402, $1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns information about the Barvis API service, its capabilities, and metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.barvis.io/about?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-barvis-io-539213e3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_vVfwFhLBApfX0dYzWsidh

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 api-barvis-io-539213e3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What is the Barvis API and what does it do — can you fetch the about page and summarize its capabilities?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover what the Barvis API does before calling other endpoints, or when you need to programmatically retrieve service metadata and capabilities for the api.barvis.io service

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or invalid x402 payment header — 402 Payment Required
- Network timeout or service unavailable — 503 Service Unavailable
- Malformed request — 400 Bad Request

## Output

A response describing the Barvis API service, including its capabilities, version information, and other service metadata

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-barvis-io-539213e3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.barvis.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.barvis.io/llms.txt)