# Brave Image Search via Locus x402

> Brave Image Search via Locus x402 is a paid API for AI agents from brave.x402.paywithlocus.com, paid per call via x402, $0.035/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches the web for images using Brave's independent search index, returning image results with privacy-first principles, accessed via x402 micropayment protocol.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://brave.x402.paywithlocus.com/brave/image-search
- Price: $0.035/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/brave-image-search-via-locus-x402-a00ed4df
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jDqxpxrzmJcBLp89rkEhi

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 brave-image-search-via-locus-x402-a00ed4df -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Brave's image index for 'cherry blossom festivals in Japan' and return 20 results with strict safe search on.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic image search results from a large, independent (non-Google/Bing) index with privacy-first guarantees, and when you want pay-per-use access via x402 micropayments without a subscription. Prefer it over Google or Bing image APIs if user privacy is a concern, if you want to avoid big-tech search monopolies, or if you need flexible safe search controls. It is especially suitable for AI agents that need to source images on demand without storing user data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or empty query string returns an error
- Count outside 1-200 range may be rejected or clamped
- Invalid safesearch value other than 'off' or 'strict' may cause a 400 error
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request
- Network timeouts from upstream Brave Search API
- Rate limiting if too many concurrent requests are made

## How this service works

Independent web search — web, news, images, videos, AI answers, and LLM context. Privacy-first search from a large independent index.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing image search results from Brave's independent index (URLs, thumbnails, metadata), along with payment settlement details (settled USDC amount, authorized max), a unique request ID, a status URL for tracking, and a success flag.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "q": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "count": {
   "type": "number"
  },
  "safesearch": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {},
  "payment": {
   "scheme": "exact",
   "settledUsdc": "0.001000",
   "authorizedMaxUsdc": "0.001000"
  },
  "request": {
   "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
   "statusUrl": "/requests/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
  },
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/brave-image-search-via-locus-x402-a00ed4df/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from brave.x402.paywithlocus.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/brave.x402.paywithlocus.com/llms.txt)