# BlackBobs.ai Real-Time Shorts Search

> BlackBobs.ai Real-Time Shorts Search is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.174779/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches for real-time short-form video content (YouTube Shorts or similar) based on a query

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/real-time-shorts-search
- Price: $0.174779/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-real-time-shorts-search-a26ba1b3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_N8FIaaoSy0xh9jVG-l68B

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-real-time-shorts-search-a26ba1b3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search for real-time YouTube Shorts about 'AI tools for productivity' and show me the latest results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time, live search results for short-form video content (Shorts), especially when freshness matters and you want the latest videos on a topic rather than cached or historical data.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query returns no results
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded for the underlying video search API
- Network timeout if the real-time search index is slow to respond
- Malformed input schema returns an error or empty result
- Query too broad returns irrelevant or low-quality shorts

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a result object containing short-form video data matching the search query, including video metadata and listings retrieved in real time.

## 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-real-time-shorts-search-a26ba1b3/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)