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grist.tools Archive Extract File
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grist.tools Archive Extract File is a paid API for AI agents from grist.tools, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-03).
Fetches a remote archive (ZIP, TAR, or gzipped TAR) and returns the raw bytes of a single named entry from within it
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
One endpoint does one thing, always the same way, for a fraction of a cent. Payment is verified before the handler runs and settled only after it succeeds, so a rejected or failed call is never a charged call.
Output
The raw file contents of the requested archive entry, returned as bytes. The response is the actual file data — not base64 or JSON-wrapped — for the exact named entry within the remote archive.
Example use cases
Extract config from release archive
“There's a release tarball at https://github.com/example/repo/releases/download/v1.4.0/release.tar.gz — can you pull out just the file 'release/config/settings.yaml' from it?”
Retrieve CSV from zipped dataset
“I need the file 'data/sales_2023_q4.csv' from the zip archive at https://datasets.example.com/sales-archive.zip — can you extract just that one file for me?”
Read changelog from remote package
“Grab the 'CHANGELOG.md' entry from the tar.gz at https://cdn.example.com/myapp-3.0.0.tar.gz and show me what's in it.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://grist.tools/v1/archive-extract-file?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to retrieve a single known file from a remote archive without downloading and unpacking the entire archive locally. It is ideal for picking one artifact out of a release tarball, reading a specific file from a zipped dataset, or fetching a config or source file embedded in a compressed bundle. Prefer it over general HTTP fetch tools when the target content is buried inside a compressed archive rather than directly accessible via URL.
Side effects
- Archive URL is unreachable or returns a non-200 response
- Archive exceeds 25 MB size limit
- Entry path does not exist in the archive (case-sensitive match failure)
- Entry is a directory, symlink, or hard link rather than a plain file
- Entry itself exceeds 25 MB
- Archive is encrypted or password-protected
- URL is longer than 2048 characters or entry path longer than 4096 characters
- Archive format is not ZIP, TAR, or gzip-compressed TAR
- Payment verification fails before handler runs
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| urlrequired | string | Absolute http(s) URL of the archive (at most 25 MB, also the cap on an inflated tar.gz), up to 2048 characters; redirects are followed and the format (zip, tar or gzip-compressed tar) is decided from the magic bytes, not the extension. |
| entryrequired | string | Exact entry path to extract, 1 to 4096 characters, matched case-sensitively against the names archive-inspect lists; directories, links, encrypted entries and entries over 25 MB are refused. |
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