# CCC Studios — Image to ASCII Art Converter

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

Converts an image URL into ASCII art text output, with configurable output width, via x402 micropayment on Base

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cccstudios.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-image-to-ascii-art-converter-988d9c19
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fLV-1rZ7YMqcnbrYAkyp6

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-image-to-ascii-art-converter-988d9c19
```

Example prompt: Convert this image to ASCII art at 120 characters wide: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/PNG_transparency_demonstration_1.png/280px-PNG_transparency_demonstration_1.png

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to convert an image to ASCII art programmatically and are comfortable with x402 micropayments on Base; ideal for creative pipelines, retro-style visualizations, or text-based art generation from existing image URLs

## Known failure modes

- Image URL is inaccessible or returns a non-image response — likely 4xx or error body
- Width parameter out of supported range — may return error or clamp to default
- Payment not completed or x402 micropayment fails — 402 Payment Required response
- Image format not supported — error indicating unsupported MIME type
- Network timeout fetching remote image URL

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns an ASCII art representation of the input image as a string of printable characters arranged in rows, rendered at the requested character width

## 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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