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how.is Page Change Watcher
x402
how.is Page Change Watcher is a paid API for AI agents from how.is, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).
Monitors a public URL for content changes, storing a baseline on first call and returning a text diff with change percentage on subsequent calls.
Price / call$0.005
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Has this page changed since your last call, and how much? The first call stores a baseline; later calls return a text diff (2% threshold).
Output
A JSON object containing: a boolean indicating whether the page changed, the percentage of content that changed, the text that was added, the text that was removed, the timestamp of the last detected change, and a receipt confirming the x402 micropayment of $0.005 USDC. On the first call, a baseline is stored and no diff is available yet.
Example use cases
Competitor pricing page surveillance
“Keep an eye on https://competitor.com/pricing for me — has anything changed since the last check? Show me exactly what text was added or removed.”
Government regulation update tracking
“Has https://regulations.gov/some-rule-page been updated since we last checked it? I need to know the change percentage and what new text appeared.”
Job listing availability monitoring
“Check whether https://company.com/careers/senior-engineer is still showing the same content as before — did anything change, and if so, what was added or removed?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://how.is/v1/watch/page?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, pay-per-call change detection on individual public URLs without setting up recurring infrastructure. It is ideal for agents that need to check whether a specific page has changed since a previous check, get a human-readable text diff with added/removed content, and receive a quantified change percentage — all in a single API call with no subscription or webhook setup required.
Side effects
- URL is not publicly accessible or returns non-200 status
- First call only stores baseline — no diff returned until a second call is made
- URL behind authentication or bot-blocking returns empty or error content
- Change percentage below 2% threshold is not reported as a change
- Invalid or malformed URL returns validation error
- Rate limiting or network timeouts on slow-loading pages
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | An http(s):// URL on the public internet |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": {
"_shape": "data with baseline, changed, change_pct, added, removed, last_change_ts."
},
"result": "Page-change watch for the requested subject",
"receipt": {
"rail": "x402",
"tool": "page_watch",
"charge_usd": 0.005,
"settlement_tx": "0x…"
}
}
}Tags
x402
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