# iTunes Catalog Search

> iTunes Catalog Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches the Apple iTunes catalog by keyword, returning track names, artists, and collections as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/itunes-search
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/itunes-catalog-search-c38d5923
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4J-HkCJLRWG4-0_L1_SuE

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 itunes-catalog-search-c38d5923 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the iTunes catalog for 'Radiohead' and show me the track names, artists, and albums that come up.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search the Apple iTunes music catalog by keyword to retrieve track, artist, and album metadata. Prefer this over Deezer genre listings or album-by-ID lookups when you have a free-text search term and need broad catalog discovery.

## Known failure modes

- Empty results if search term matches nothing in the iTunes catalog
- Missing or malformed q parameter may return an error or empty response
- Network timeout if iTunes API is slow to respond
- Rate limiting or payment failure returning 402 if USDC balance is insufficient

## How this service works

Searches the Apple iTunes catalog for the term q, returning track names, artists and collections. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of iTunes catalog entries matching the search query, each containing track name, artist name, and collection/album name.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/itunes-catalog-search-c38d5923/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)