# ISHOB Dataset Lookup API

> ISHOB Dataset Lookup API is a paid API for AI agents from api.ishob.com, paid per call via x402, $0.0001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-14).

Fetches paginated records from named reference datasets (e.g. world cities, countries, archive topics) by dataset key, with optional facet filters and single-record lookup.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.ishob.com/v1/dataset/%7Bkey%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.0001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ishob-dataset-lookup-api-5f0eb872
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_m4lrGeAy8icqqZR3ISc1E

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 ishob-dataset-lookup-api-5f0eb872
```

Example prompt: Pull the first page of world cities in France from the ISHOB dataset API using the 'world-cities' dataset key and filter by country code FR.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, paginated access to open reference datasets (world cities, countries, archive topics) without requiring an API key — especially when your agent supports x402 micropayment at $0.0001 USDC per call. Prefer it over heavyweight geocoding or data warehouse APIs for simple reference lookups.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown dataset key returns an error or empty result
- Missing required 'key' query parameter causes a 400-level error
- Requested page number beyond available pages returns empty records array
- Invalid 'id' parameter returns no matching record
- Network or payment failure (x402) may block access

## How this service works

36 MCP tools & x402 pay-per-call APIs for AI agents: crypto risk, web extraction, screenshots, agent alarms, weather, company data. No API key.

## Output

A JSON object containing a count of total matching records, the dataset name, the license (e.g. CC-BY-4.0), an attribution string, and an array of records (e.g. city name, latitude, longitude for world-cities). Results are paginated by page number.

## 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"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "key"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "id": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 64,
       "description": "Return one record by id"
      },
      "key": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Dataset key from /v1/datasets, e.g. world-cities, countries, archive-topics"
      },
      "page": {
       "type": "integer",
       "minimum": 0,
       "description": "Page number (default 0)"
      },
      "continent": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Facet filter (countries), e.g. Europe"
      },
      "country_code": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Facet filter (world-cities), e.g. FR"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "dataset": "world-cities",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "records": [
   {
    "lat": 48.85,
    "lon": 2.35,
    "name": "Paris"
   }
  ],
  "attribution": "Data from GeoNames ..."
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ishob-dataset-lookup-api-5f0eb872/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.ishob.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.ishob.com/llms.txt)