# Crawl Archive Lookup

> Crawl Archive Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from crawol.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 in USDC via x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://crawol.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/crawl-archive-lookup-f2d73dbb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1sVAEyE0589d4bvrwnMjG

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 crawl-archive-lookup-f2d73dbb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find an archived version of https://example.com/article/12345 for me? I need to see its cached content.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to retrieve a cached or archived version of a specific URL, especially when the page may be unavailable, paywalled, or you need historical content. Prefer this over live scraping when you want a snapshot rather than current content, and when you want a pay-per-request model with no subscription required.

## Known failure modes

- URL not found in archive — success: false with no data
- Invalid or malformed URL input — validation error
- Archive not available for the requested URL
- Payment failure via x402 — request not processed
- Timeout if the archive lookup takes too long

## 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 page 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/crawl-archive-lookup-f2d73dbb/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from crawol.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/crawol.vercel.app/llms.txt)