# Blockbuster.ai Real-Time News Search

> Blockbuster.ai Real-Time News Search is a paid API for AI agents from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches real-time news articles and current events based on a search query

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/api/real-time-news
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-real-time-news-search-76c21d95
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_e5o9j5cknc60H2EF_0Yj0

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 blockbuster-ai-real-time-news-search-76c21d95 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find me the latest real-time news about the Federal Reserve interest rate decision?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time or breaking news content based on a keyword or topic query, especially within an x402 micropayment-enabled agent workflow on Base chain. Prefer this over static databases or RSS feeds when freshness and immediacy of news content is critical.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query parameter returns no results
- Query too vague returns low-relevance articles
- News provider outage causes data unavailability
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 error
- Very niche queries may return sparse or no results

## How this service works

115+ premium paid endpoints: Social Media, AI/ML, E-commerce, Finance, Data Intelligence, Media, Tools. x402 micropayments on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a data object containing news articles, headlines, and related current-events information matching the search query, along with a success boolean indicating whether the request was fulfilled.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Input parameter for the API call"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blockbuster-ai-real-time-news-search-76c21d95/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blockbuster-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blockbuster-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)