# Cerawal Web Read / Crawl

> Cerawal Web Read / Crawl is a paid API for AI agents from cerawal.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Fetches and returns the content of any given URL for AI agents, billed per-request in USDC via x402 with no signup required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://cerawal.vercel.app/api/read
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cerawal-web-read-crawl-37926446
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_71Biz5Tgn4E45-jMce7TW

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-web-read-crawl-37926446 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you read the content of https://example.com/article and tell me what it says?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to read web content on a pay-per-use basis with no API key or subscription setup — ideal for low-frequency, ad-hoc web reads where simplicity and crypto micropayments (USDC via x402) are preferred over maintaining a traditional web scraping service account.

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns a non-200 status — success: false
- URL is malformed or missing — validation error
- Payment fails or is insufficient — x402 payment required error
- Target page blocks scraping bots — may return empty or partial content
- Rate limits or server errors on target host — partial or failed response

## 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 scraped content of the requested URL.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## 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-web-read-crawl-37926446/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)