# BorderScout Border Crossing Wait Times

> BorderScout Border Crossing Wait Times is a paid API for AI agents from borderscout.scalpstream.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns ranked US-Mexico/Canada border crossings sorted by all-in travel time (drive + wait) per lane type

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://borderscout.scalpstream.com/crossings
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/borderscout-border-crossing-wait-times-71506887
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_TxT6XDlpEAMAwFjluPI7T

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 borderscout-border-crossing-wait-times-71506887
```

Example prompt: I'm heading from San Diego to Tijuana — which border crossing has the shortest all-in time right now, including drive and wait, for a standard vehicle lane?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time border crossing wait times ranked by actual total travel cost (drive + wait combined), especially when comparing multiple ports of entry near a given location. It is superior to generic traffic APIs for border-specific use cases because it understands lane types (standard, SENTRI, NEXUS, pedestrian, commercial) and returns ready-to-use all-in time rankings rather than raw traffic data.

## Known failure modes

- No crossings returned if the requested location has no nearby ports of entry
- Stale data if live wait time feeds are temporarily unavailable
- Invalid or unrecognized place parameter returns empty or error response
- Service may return partial results if some crossing data feeds are down

## How this service works

BorderScout crossing query (crossings ranked by all-in time: drive + wait, per lane type)

## Output

A list of border crossings ranked by all-in time (drive + wait in minutes), each with port name, border, lane type, individual wait and drive times, total all-in minutes, distance in km, and a last-updated timestamp. Also includes a price and disclaimer field.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "place": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "source": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "service": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "crossings": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
     "lane": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "port": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "border": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "updated": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "wait_min": {
      "type": "integer"
     },
     "drive_min": {
      "type": "integer"
     },
     "all_in_min": {
      "type": "integer"
     },
     "distance_km": {
      "type": "number"
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "price_usd": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "disclaimer": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/borderscout-border-crossing-wait-times-71506887/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from borderscout.scalpstream.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/borderscout.scalpstream.com/llms.txt)