# Bob Web Search

> Bob Web Search is a paid API for AI agents from bob.assimilatethis.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns up to 10 ranked web search results (title, URL, snippet) for a query, with optional date-range filtering, at under a second per call

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://bob.assimilatethis.com/search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bob-web-search-dde8c489
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qG9ymebZJGGv1MEGvFDX3

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 bob-web-search-dde8c489
```

Example prompt: Search the web for 'quantum computing breakthroughs 2024' and give me the top 8 results published since 2024-01-01 — just the titles, URLs, and snippets, no AI summary.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need fast, raw web search results without any AI-generated synthesis — ideal when you want source URLs and snippets to process yourself, when speed matters (sub-second), when cost per call is a factor ($0.003 USDC), or when you need to filter results by publication date. Prefer over AI-answer endpoints (like Bob's /answer endpoint) when you need verifiable sources, want to avoid hallucination risk from summarization, or are building a pipeline that will process results downstream.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for the query — returns an error, no charge applied
- Invalid date format for since/until parameters — expects strict YYYY-MM-DD
- n out of range (must be 1–10) — may return an error or default
- Network timeout on the upstream search provider — returns error
- Overly broad or ambiguous query returning low-quality snippets

## How this service works

Plain web search. Returns ranked results (title, URL and a short snippet) for a query, up to 10, optionally limited to a publish-date range with since and until (YYYY-MM-DD). No AI-written answer, so it is fast: typically under a second. If it cannot return results you get an error and are not charged.

## Output

A JSON object with the original query string and an array of up to 10 result objects, each containing a title, URL, and short snippet. Results are ranked by relevance. If no results are found or an error occurs, you receive an error response and are not charged.

## 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"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "n": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "How many results to return, 1 to 10 (default 5)"
      },
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The search query"
      },
      "since": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional: only results published on or after this date, YYYY-MM-DD"
      },
      "until": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional: only results published on or before this date, YYYY-MM-DD"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query",
      "results"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "results": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "url": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "title": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "snippet": {
          "type": "string"
         }
        }
       }
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/bob-web-search-dde8c489/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bob.assimilatethis.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bob.assimilatethis.com/llms.txt)