# Crawl Headlines API

> Crawl Headlines API is a paid API for AI agents from crawol.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches news headlines for a given topic via pay-per-request web scraping, requiring no auth or subscription

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://crawol.vercel.app/api/headlines
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/crawl-headlines-api-e070bb47
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UpzTArQcsgCNuaFTKTNHt

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-headlines-api-e070bb47 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Fetch me 5 headlines about artificial intelligence right now — no login needed, just pay per request.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time news headlines for a specific topic without managing API keys or subscriptions, and you're willing to pay $0.03 USDC per call via x402. Ideal for lightweight, on-demand news scraping in agent workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'topic' field returns validation error
- Payment not completed via x402 results in 402 Payment Required
- Invalid count value may return default number of headlines or error
- Topic too vague or obscure may return empty or irrelevant headlines
- Service downtime on Vercel hosting returns 503

## How this service works

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

## Output

A JSON object with a success boolean and a data object containing headlines related to the requested topic, returned as structured data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "topic"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "count": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Number of headlines"
  },
  "topic": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "News topic"
  }
 }
}
```

## 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-headlines-api-e070bb47/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)