# GoldBean — Baidu Ingredient Recognition API

> GoldBean — Baidu Ingredient Recognition API is a paid API for AI agents from goldbean-api.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Identifies food ingredients from images using Baidu's AI vision models, returning ingredient data for a given input

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://goldbean-api.xyz/paid/baidu-ingredient?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/goldbean-baidu-ingredient-recognition-api-e3b7c491
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_kKHnAC2Grg8CS1hIugCxK

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 goldbean-baidu-ingredient-recognition-api-e3b7c491
```

Example prompt: Can you analyze this photo of my pasta dish and tell me what ingredients are in it? Here's the image URL: https://example.com/pasta.jpg

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need fast, low-cost per-call ingredient recognition from food images and want to leverage Baidu's AI vision capabilities without committing to a subscription. Ideal for agents that need occasional food image analysis on a pay-per-use basis at $0.002 per call.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or inaccessible image URL returns an error or empty data
- Non-food images may return empty or irrelevant ingredient data
- Low-quality or blurry images may result in poor recognition accuracy
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) blocks the API call
- Rate limiting or service downtime on Baidu's backend may cause failures

## How this service works

51 Baidu AI MCP tools: OCR, Vision, LLM, Speech, NLP, Image Gen, Video Gen. 50 free calls/day. No credit card. Pay-per-call from $0.001.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a success flag and a data object containing recognized ingredient names and related details extracted from the input food image using Baidu's vision AI.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "data": {},
  "success": true
 }
}
```

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