# Cerawal Archive Lookup

> Cerawal Archive Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from cerawal.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Retrieves an archived/cached version of a given URL for AI agents, paid per-request via USDC x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://cerawal.vercel.app/api/archive
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cerawal-archive-lookup-faecf660
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9Vhrziu_bZVuvd1ZkeRns

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 cerawal-archive-lookup-faecf660 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find the archived version of https://example.com/some-article that may have been removed or changed?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to retrieve an archived or cached snapshot of a specific URL, especially when the original page may be unavailable, deleted, or changed. Ideal for AI agents that need to access historical web content without setting up auth or subscriptions, paying only $0.02 USDC per call via x402.

## Known failure modes

- URL not found in any archive — success: false returned
- Invalid or malformed URL input — request rejected
- No archive available for the given URL — empty or null data returned
- Network timeout reaching archive source
- Payment failure via x402 — request not processed

## How this service works

Web scraping and search for AI agents. No auth, no subscriptions. Pay per request in USDC via x402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a 'success' boolean and a 'data' object containing the archived content or metadata for the requested URL.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "url"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "URL to find archive for"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  },
  "success": {
   "type": "boolean"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cerawal-archive-lookup-faecf660/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from cerawal.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/cerawal.vercel.app/llms.txt)