# BNM Data Shop – FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Warning Letters

> BNM Data Shop – FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Warning Letters is a paid API for AI agents from ticks.bnm.farm, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection warning letter records as structured JSON, including letter body text, firm name, subject, date, and source URL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ticks.bnm.farm/ftc-wl
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bnm-data-shop-ftc-bureau-of-consumer-protection-warning-letters-8ed0aede
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SN5oX92xHeJLVTPS6ee56

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 bnm-data-shop-ftc-bureau-of-consumer-protection-warning-letters-8ed0aede
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection warning letters and give me a list of the firms that were warned, what they were warned about, and the date of each letter.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection warning letter data without scraping the FTC website yourself. It is especially useful for compliance research, regulatory monitoring, due diligence on vendor claims (e.g. 'Made in the USA'), and building regulatory alert systems. It is not suitable for other FTC enforcement actions beyond warning letters or for non-FTC regulatory data.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 if payment not provided via x402 protocol
- Empty records array if no recent warning letters have been published
- Stale data if the FTC source has not been recently crawled (check fetchedAt timestamp)
- Network timeout if upstream FTC source is unavailable

## How this service works

Official public data as JSON. Unpaid paid routes return HTTP 402.

## Output

A JSON object containing: ok status, asOf date, an array of cards with full letter body text and metadata (id, firm, subject, date, sourceUrl), a records array with structured fields (id, url, date, firm, type), record count, fetchedAt timestamp, product identifier, and source URL pointing to the FTC legal library.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "schema": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "asOf": "2026-07-06",
  "cards": [
   {
    "id": "vtron-inc-dba-vtron-lasers",
    "body": "Bureau of Consumer Protection\nJuly 6, 2026\nVtron Inc. d/b/a Vtron Lasers\nRe: Warning Letter Regarding “Made in the USA” Representations",
    "date": "2026-07-06",
    "firm": "Vtron Inc. d/b/a Vtron Lasers",
    "subject": "Warning Letter Regarding “Made in the USA” Representations",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/vtron-lasers-musa-warningletter.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/warning-letters",
  "status": "ok",
  "product": "ftc-bcp-warning-letter-bodies",
  "records": [
   {
    "id": "vtron-inc-dba-vtron-lasers",
    "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/vtron-lasers-musa-warningletter.pdf",
    "date": "2026-07-06",
    "firm": "Vtron Inc. d/b/a Vtron Lasers",
    "type": "ftc-wl"
   }
  ],
  "fetchedAt": "2026-08-23T12:00:00.000Z",
  "recordCount": 1
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/bnm-data-shop-ftc-bureau-of-consumer-protection-warning-letters-8ed0aede/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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