# Basebuilder2 Live Metal Prices

> Basebuilder2 Live Metal Prices is a paid API for AI agents from bbx-sentiment.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.075409/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns real-time precious metal spot prices (gold, silver, platinum, palladium, etc.) via the BaseBuilder Sentiment API hub

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://bbx-sentiment.vercel.app/api/live-metal-prices
- Price: $0.075409/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder2-live-metal-prices-4a2c840e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ajHvRAwI9syQU2qKuezL9

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 basebuilder2-live-metal-prices-4a2c840e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What are the current live spot prices for gold, silver, and platinum in USD right now?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time precious metal spot prices (gold, silver, platinum, palladium) delivered instantly via a pay-per-call micropayment model using x402/USDC, without requiring a subscription. Prefer it for lightweight, on-demand price lookups in agent pipelines or trading dashboards where low-latency and per-call billing are ideal.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported metal symbol returns 400 or empty result
- Upstream market data feed outage causes 503 or stale data
- Invalid or missing request parameters cause 422 validation error
- Payment not included or insufficient balance causes 402 payment required
- Rate limiting may occur under high request volume

## How this service works

BaseBuilder Sentiment API hub - 14 paid endpoints

## Output

Returns real-time spot prices for one or more precious metals, including metal name/symbol, price per unit, and currency denomination, sourced live at time of request.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basebuilder2-live-metal-prices-4a2c840e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bbx-sentiment.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bbx-sentiment.vercel.app/llms.txt)