# BlackBobs.ai Web Search API

> BlackBobs.ai Web Search API is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Performs a web search and returns results via a pay-per-call API endpoint on the Base blockchain using x402 micropayments

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/web-search
- Price: $0.12/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-web-search-api-959c1887
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_clH--zj-ptkGUUSwsyr00

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-web-search-api-959c1887 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the web for the latest news about the US Federal Reserve interest rate decisions in 2025 and give me a summary of the top results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live, real-time web search results and are operating in an x402/Base blockchain micropayment environment. It is well-suited for agents that need current information beyond their training data cutoff and prefer pay-per-call pricing over subscription-based search APIs.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or malformed query parameter returns an error or empty result
- Payment failure on Base chain (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the request
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded returns an error response
- Query too vague or too long may return low-relevance results
- Upstream search provider outage causes delayed or empty response

## 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 web search results including URLs, page titles, and snippets relevant to the submitted query, sourced from live web data at the time of the request.

## 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-web-search-api-959c1887/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)