# BlackBobs.ai Finance API

> BlackBobs.ai Finance API is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.187465/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Retrieves financial market data, quotes, or analytics via a pay-per-call endpoint on the Base blockchain

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/bb-finance?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.187465/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-finance-api-674a6d12
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wZ23r6x7oUO1cbP5dmVyH

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 blackbobs-ai-finance-api-674a6d12 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest financial data for Apple (AAPL) using the BlackBobs finance API and tell me its current price and key metrics?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need on-demand financial data with pay-per-call pricing via x402 on Base chain, and want to avoid subscription-based finance APIs. Best suited for agents that only occasionally need financial data and want to pay micro-amounts per query rather than a monthly fee.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or malformed query parameters returns an empty or error result object
- Payment failure on Base chain (insufficient USDC) prevents the call from completing
- Unknown or unsupported ticker/asset identifier may return empty data
- Rate limiting or quota exhaustion may result in errors
- Vercel cold-start latency may cause occasional timeouts

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

A JSON result object containing financial data for the queried asset or market, which may include price quotes, financial metrics, or analytics depending on the query parameters supplied.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-finance-api-674a6d12/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)