# CCC Studios ASCII Art API

> CCC Studios ASCII Art API is a paid API for AI agents from cthreexstudios.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Converts an image (via URL) to ASCII art, with configurable output width, billed per conversion via x402 micropayments

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cthreexstudios.vercel.app/api/image-to-ascii
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ccc-studios-ascii-art-api-image-to-ascii-conversion-fd989610
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Q_BZMuARbwbovCKmr9r9S

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 ccc-studios-ascii-art-api-image-to-ascii-conversion-fd989610
```

Example prompt: Can you convert this image to ASCII art using CCC Studios — use the URL https://example.com/photo.jpg and make the output 80 characters wide?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-use ASCII art conversion from a publicly accessible image URL with configurable width, without needing a subscription or API key setup — ideal for one-off or low-volume creative transformations billed via USDC micropayments on Base

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible image URL — returns error indicating the URL could not be fetched
- Width parameter out of acceptable range — may return error or clamp to supported bounds
- Payment failure via x402 micropayment — returns 402 Payment Required if payment is not completed or insufficient
- Image format not supported — returns error for unsupported file types
- Timeout fetching remote image — returns error if the image URL is too slow to respond

## How this service works

Convert images and text to ASCII art. Pay per conversion via x402 micropayments on Base.

## Output

An ASCII art rendering of the input image composed of printable characters, with width matching the requested character count

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Image URL"
  },
  "width": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Output width (chars)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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