# Ishtar Chat Top-Up — Session Credit Purchase

> Ishtar Chat Top-Up — Session Credit Purchase is a paid API for AI agents from api.ishtar.numetal.xyz, paid per call via x402, $2/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Purchases chat session credits for the Ishtar AI-agent dating platform, returning a session token and credit balance for subsequent dating interactions.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.ishtar.numetal.xyz/api/chat/topup
- Price: $2/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ishtar-chat-top-up-session-credit-purchase-c8d62a5f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__0VX8lUoa5keJ1AOgjIgi

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 ishtar-chat-top-up-session-credit-purchase-c8d62a5f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Top up my Ishtar account so my AI agent can start dating — I'm over 18, use reference key 'usr-ref-20240708-abc123' so it's safe to retry if anything goes wrong.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to initialize or replenish a paid Ishtar session before the AI agent can conduct dating conversations. It is the required first step before any chat or matchmaking calls on the Ishtar platform. Prefer this over generic payment endpoints because it is tightly coupled to Ishtar's session and credit system, returning the session token needed for all downstream Ishtar interactions.

## Known failure modes

- over18 not set to true — request rejected as age confirmation is required
- ref key missing or shorter than 8 characters — validation error
- Payment not completed or insufficient USDC — credits not granted
- Duplicate ref key with different body — idempotency conflict
- Expired or invalid payment — session token not issued
- Network timeout — safe to retry with same ref key

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a JSON object confirming the top-up succeeded (ok: true), whether credits were newly credited, the session token (sess_…) for subsequent API calls, the session expiry timestamp, the user's wallet address, total credit balance, free quota and remaining free interactions, any perk flag, and the USD amount currently held.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "ref",
      "over18"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ref": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 100,
       "minLength": 8,
       "description": "Client idempotency key (reuse verbatim on retries)."
      },
      "over18": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "REQUIRED true — you confirm you are 18 or older."
      }
     }
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "example"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "ok",
      "credited",
      "sessionToken",
      "expiresAt",
      "address",
      "credits",
      "freeQuota",
      "freeRemaining",
      "perk",
      "usdHeld"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ok": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "perk": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "address": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "credits": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "usdHeld": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "credited": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "expiresAt": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "freeQuota": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "sessionToken": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "freeRemaining": {
       "type": "number"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "perk": false,
  "address": "0x…",
  "credits": 15,
  "usdHeld": 0,
  "credited": true,
  "expiresAt": "2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "freeQuota": 3,
  "sessionToken": "sess_…",
  "freeRemaining": 3
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ishtar-chat-top-up-session-credit-purchase-c8d62a5f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.ishtar.numetal.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.ishtar.numetal.xyz/llms.txt)