# EVM Network Info

> EVM Network Info is a paid API for AI agents from bess-x402.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns live state of an EVM-compatible network including chain ID, latest block number and age, gas price, base fee, priority fee, block gas usage, and transaction count.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://bess-x402.onrender.com/v1/evm/network?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/evm-network-info-496efb19
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_92zeJUEaXUn1P6obsruHZ

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 evm-network-info-496efb19
```

Example prompt: Before I send this transaction, can you do a quick health check on the Base network — give me the latest block number, current gas fees, and whether the network looks active?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, comprehensive snapshot of an EVM network's live state — especially as a pre-flight health check before sending transactions or deploying contracts. Prefer this over the EVM Gas Fees endpoint when you also need block-level metadata (block number, age, tx count) in addition to fee estimates.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported chain name returns an error (only ethereum, base, arbitrum, optimism, polygon accepted)
- Network RPC outage causes timeout or 503 response
- Payment of $0.002 USDC not provided results in 402 Payment Required
- Stale block data if the underlying RPC node is lagging

## How this service works

Live state of an EVM network: chain ID, latest block number and age, gas price, base and priority fee, block gas use and tx count. Use as a health check before sending transactions.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the network's chain ID, latest block number, block timestamp or age, current gas price, EIP-1559 base fee and priority fee, block gas used versus gas limit, and transaction count for the latest block.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "chain": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ethereum, base, arbitrum, optimism or polygon"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/evm-network-info-496efb19/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from bess-x402.onrender.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/bess-x402.onrender.com/llms.txt)