# BasePost Article Reader

> BasePost Article Reader is a paid API for AI agents from basepost.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches the full content of a specific BasePost article by slug, gated behind a micropayment of $0.01 USDC

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://basepost.vercel.app/api/articles/basepost-launches
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/basepost-vercel-app-1bc99a49
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hNL84rycag5eNU3RJC1gH

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 basepost-vercel-app-1bc99a49
```

Example prompt: Fetch me the BasePost article with slug 'basepost-launches' — I want to read the full content, pay the 0.01 USDC fee in USDC.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to retrieve the full content of a specific BasePost article identified by its slug and are willing to make a $0.01 USDC micropayment. Prefer this over general web scraping when the article is hosted on BasePost's decentralized publishing platform and you want structured metadata including author blockchain address and markdown-formatted body.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent article slug returns a 404 or error response
- Insufficient payment amount causes payment rejection
- Unsupported payment currency causes payment failure
- Network or Vercel deployment downtime causes 5xx errors
- Malformed request missing required fields returns validation error

## How this service works

BasePost by basepost.base.eth: The internet used to be fun. Now every article comes with 47 ads, 12 popups, and a newsletter signup that won't take no for an answer. BasePost brings back the good old days: clean pages, good writing, and you pay a few cents for what you actually want to read.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the full article body in markdown, the article title, slug, teaser, cover image URL, price paid, upload timestamp, and author details including their Base/Ethereum address, username, display name, and profile picture URL.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "articleSlug",
  "paymentAmount",
  "paymentCurrency"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "articleSlug": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "paymentAmount": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "paymentCurrency": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "slug",
  "title",
  "body",
  "priceUsd",
  "authorAddress",
  "uploadedAt"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "body": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The full article content in markdown format"
  },
  "slug": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "URL-friendly identifier for the article"
  },
  "title": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The article title"
  },
  "teaser": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "A short preview of the article"
  },
  "imageUrl": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "URL to the article cover image"
  },
  "priceUsd": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "The price paid to access this article"
  },
  "uploadedAt": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the article was uploaded"
  },
  "authorPfpUrl": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Author's profile picture URL"
  },
  "authorAddress": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Ethereum/Base address of the author"
  },
  "authorUsername": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Author's username"
  },
  "authorDisplayName": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Author's display name"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/basepost-vercel-app-1bc99a49/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from basepost.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/basepost.vercel.app/llms.txt)