# GoCreative Census Industry-Metro Lookup

> GoCreative Census Industry-Metro Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.gocreativeai.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns US Census data on industry presence and employment across metropolitan areas for a given industry or metro identifier

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gocreativeai.com/v1/census/industry-metros/%7Barg%7D
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gocreative-census-industry-metro-lookup-23a52df7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ioUrDEMcSj34LZW_Zed9c

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 gocreative-census-industry-metro-lookup-23a52df7
```

Example prompt: What does the US Census say about the software publishing industry across different metro areas — which metros have the most establishments or employees in that sector?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need official US Census Bureau statistics on how a specific industry is distributed across metropolitan areas — ideal for market research, site selection, economic analysis, or competitive landscape work where authoritative government data is required. Prefer over private data providers when data provenance and official sourcing matter.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized industry/metro identifier returns 404 or empty result
- Malformed input query parameter returns 400 Bad Request
- Payment not completed results in 402 Payment Required response
- Census data unavailable for very small or non-standard metro areas
- Rate limiting or service unavailability returns 503

## How this service works

Keyless, pay-per-call compliance & regulated-data API for AI agents — OFAC wallet + sanctions/PEP + KYB screening, SEC filings, FRED economics, FDA recalls, federal awards, plus continuous monitoring. USDC on Base/Solana via x402, native MCP. No API key, no signup.

## Output

Returns US Census Bureau data on industry presence within metropolitan statistical areas, including metrics such as number of establishments, employment figures, and related economic indicators for the queried industry or metro area combination.

## 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"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "input"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "input": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "endpoint argument"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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