# EIA Crude Oil Spot Prices API

> EIA Crude Oil Spot Prices API is a paid API for AI agents from cycle-angela-lamp-hamburg.trycloudflare.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the latest WTI and Brent crude oil daily spot prices in USD per barrel, sourced from the US Energy Information Administration.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://cycle-angela-lamp-hamburg.trycloudflare.com/api/energy/oil-prices
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eia-crude-oil-spot-prices-api-f8534305
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2Ap00Eu6cRDIGWHEEOPT8

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 eia-crude-oil-spot-prices-api-f8534305
```

Example prompt: What are the latest WTI and Brent crude oil spot prices in USD per barrel right now, sourced from the EIA?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the most recent daily WTI and Brent crude oil spot prices in a single structured JSON response, especially for energy market analysis, commodity dashboards, or macro financial research. Prefer this over scraping EIA directly because it is a paid, structured feed with a stable schema.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream EIA data unavailable or delayed — may return stale or empty spot_prices array
- Network timeout on Cloudflare tunnel — HTTP 5xx or connection error
- Payment not processed — HTTP 402 if x402 payment header is missing or invalid
- Malformed response if EIA source format changes

## How this service works

Crude oil spot prices: WTI and Brent daily spot price USD per barrel, latest values with dates. JSON. Source US EIA. Energy commodity price feed.

## Output

A JSON object containing the data source label, a generated_at Unix timestamp, and an array of spot_price records each with a date string, series name (WTI or Brent), and price in USD per barrel.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "source": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "spot_prices": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
     "date": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "series": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "usd_per_barrel": {
      "type": "number"
     }
    }
   }
  },
  "generated_at": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "unix seconds when payload was built"
  }
 }
}
```

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