# DataPipe News Search API

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

Searches and retrieves news articles matching a given query, returning structured results via x402 micropayment on Base chain

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kidnapi.vercel.app/api/search/news
- 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/datapipe-news-search-api-df47b649
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_epGXa2hv-vW0EY3tTpOVD

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 datapipe-news-search-api-df47b649 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search for the latest news about the Federal Reserve interest rate decisions and return 5 results.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to programmatically search for recent news articles by keyword or topic, especially in a micropayment-friendly x402 workflow on Base chain. Prefer this over general web search when specifically targeting news content and you want structured results at low cost per query.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required `query` field returns a 400 error
- Invalid or empty query string may return no results
- Payment failure on Base chain blocks access with a 402 response
- Server-side news source unavailability may cause partial or empty results
- Requesting more results than available may return fewer than requested

## How this service works

Multi-source data API for AI agents. Search, news, Reddit, translation, web scraping. Pay with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

A JSON object with a `success` boolean and a `data` object containing news articles or results matching the query, including headlines and article metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "num": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Number of results"
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## 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/datapipe-news-search-api-df47b649/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kidnapi.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kidnapi.vercel.app/llms.txt)