# ChainRead ENS & Basename Resolver

> ChainRead ENS & Basename Resolver is a paid API for AI agents from chainread.genexxis.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Resolves ENS names and Basenames (*.base.eth) to Ethereum addresses and vice versa, returning avatar, URL, and social text records

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://chainread.genexxis.com/resolve?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/chainread-ens-basename-resolver-46f255d3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FOwZGS-FosGQ_MFe7UXyy

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 chainread-ens-basename-resolver-46f255d3
```

Example prompt: What Ethereum address does vitalik.eth resolve to, and does it have an avatar or website URL on record?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need ENS or Basename name-to-address or address-to-name resolution on Ethereum or Base, especially when you also want avatar, URL, and social text records in a single call. Prefer it over raw RPC calls because it abstracts away Universal Resolver complexity, handles fallback RPCs automatically, and normalizes both ENS and Base naming systems into one unified response. It is read-only and requires no wallet or signing keys.

## Known failure modes

- Name not registered or expired — returns null address or empty result
- Address has no reverse record set — reverse lookup returns no name
- Invalid ENS name format — HTTP 422 with error description
- RPC node temporarily unavailable — service retries with fallback RPC but may timeout
- Name exists but has no text records — records fields are empty or omitted

## How this service works

ENS (Ethereum) and Basename (*.base.eth on Base) resolution: name to address with avatar, url, twitter, github, description records, or address to forward-verified primary names.

## Output

A JSON object containing the resolved address (for forward lookup) or name (for reverse lookup), the ENS/Basename type, resolver contract address, chain, block timestamp, avatar URL, profile URL, social text records, and the query that was used. Big numbers are returned as strings.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ENS name (vitalik.eth) or Basename (alice.base.eth)"
      },
      "address": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "0x address for reverse lookup (ENS + Basename)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "asOf": "2026-10-25T03:50:00.000Z",
  "name": "vitalik.eth",
  "type": "ens",
  "chain": "ethereum",
  "query": {
   "name": "vitalik.eth"
  },
  "method": "viem getEnsAddress/getEnsText via ENS Universal Resolver on Ethereum mainnet",
  "address": "0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045",
  "records": {
   "url": "https://vitalik.ca",
   "avatar": "https://euc.li/vitalik.eth"
  },
  "resolver": "0x231b0Ee14048e9dCcD1d247744d114a4EB5E8E63",
  "avatarUrl": "https://euc.li/vitalik.eth"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/chainread-ens-basename-resolver-46f255d3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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