# Johto Data API – Australian Government Contracts

> Johto Data API – Australian Government Contracts is a paid API for AI agents from johto-x402-api.johtodata.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.035/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-28).

Retrieves recent Australian government contract notices from AusTender, including buyer, value, category, and procedure type.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://johto-x402-api.johtodata.workers.dev/v1/au-contracts?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.035/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/johto-data-api-australian-government-contracts-341e82f9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_vNLb47gb38113uMDRjcJ0

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 johto-data-api-australian-government-contracts-341e82f9
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest 10 Australian government contract notices published since January 1 2025 — I want to see who the buyers are, what was purchased, and how much each contract is worth.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, up-to-date Australian government contract award data from AusTender without building your own scraper. Preferred over generic web search when you need machine-readable fields (buyer, value, category, procedure type) and reliable pagination. Best for B2G sales intelligence, market research, spend analytics, and procurement monitoring focused on Australian federal government activity.

## Known failure modes

- No matching notices for the given date range returns an empty data array
- Invalid date format (not YYYY-MM-DD) causes a validation error
- Limit value outside 1-25 range is rejected
- Invalid or expired cursor causes pagination to fail
- Payment not processed results in no charge and no data returned
- AusTender source unavailable may return fetch failure with no charge

## How this service works

Valuable data. Quality leads. Paid per call in USDC on Base via x402. Not charged if the fetch fails or nothing matches. Prices per call (USDC): /v1/jp-invoice-check $0.002; /v1/sec-13f $0.003; /v1/sec-8k $0.003; /v1/sanctions-screen $0.0025; /v1/tenders $0.011; /v1/uk-tenders $0.003; /v1/fr-tenders $0.006; /v1/au-contracts $0.0035; /v1/wallet-risk $0.0025; /v1/kyb $0.0029; /v1/read $0.0019; /v1/crawl $0.0045; /v1/jobs $0.01; /v1/domain-profile $0.003.

## Output

A JSON object containing an array of contract notice records (up to 25), each with fields including notice ID, title, buyer name, buyer country, published date, notice type, procedure type, contract value and currency, UNSPSC category codes, data freshness timestamp, and a direct link to the AusTender notice. Also includes total row count and the timestamp when the data was fetched.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^([1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-5])$",
       "description": "Notices 1-25 (default 25)"
      },
      "since": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$",
       "description": "Published on or after, YYYY-MM-DD"
      },
      "until": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$",
       "description": "Published on or before, YYYY-MM-DD"
      },
      "cursor": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9=_-]{1,300}$",
       "description": "next_cursor from a previous response"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "data",
      "rows",
      "fetchedAt"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "data": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "title": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "source": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "notice_id": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "buyer_name": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "categories": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
           "type": "string"
          }
         },
         "data_as_of": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "notice_url": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "notice_type": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "value_amount": {},
         "buyer_country": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "deadline_date": {},
         "procedure_type": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "published_date": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "value_currency": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "category_scheme": {
          "type": "string"
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "rows": {
    
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": [
   {
    "title": "Scholarship Program Master of Business Administration (Samoa)",
    "source": "austender",
    "notice_id": "AUS-CN4284271",
    "buyer_name": "Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program",
    "categories": [
     "80100000"
    ],
    "data_as_of": "2026-10-22T14:51:51.427Z",
    "notice_url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Search/CnAdvancedSearch?keyword=CN4284271",
    "notice_type": "contract_notice",
    "value_amount": 67336.23,
    "buyer_country": "AU",
    "deadline_date": null,
    "procedure_type": "Limited tender",
    "published_date": "2026-10-22",
    "value_currency": "AUD",
    "category_scheme": "UNSPSC"
   },
   {
    "title": "Campaign Evaluation",
    "source": "austender",
    "notice_id": "AUS-CN4284262",
    "buyer_name": "Department of Health, Disability and Ageing",
    "categories": [
     "80100000"
    ],
    "data_as_of": "2026-10-22T14:51:51.427Z",
    "notice_url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Search/CnAdvancedSearch?keyword=CN4284262",
    "notice_type": "contract_notice",
    "value_amount": 165000,
    "buyer_country": "AU",
    "deadline_date": null,
    "procedure_type": "Open tender",
    "published_date": "2026-10-22",
    "value_currency": "AUD",
    "category_scheme": "UNSPSC"
   },
   {
    "title": "Online Legal Research Subscription - 2026",
    "source": "austender",
    "notice_id": "AUS-CN4284263",
    "buyer_name": "Department of Health, Disability and Ageing",
    "categories": [
     "83121604"
    ],
    "data_as_of": "2026-10-22T14:51:51.427Z",
    "notice_url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Search/CnAdvancedSearch?keyword=CN4284263",
    "notice_type": "contract_notice",
    "value_amount": 84663.14,
    "buyer_country": "AU",
    "deadline_date": null,
    "procedure_type": "Limited tender",
    "published_date": "2026-10-22",
    "value_currency": "AUD",
    "category_scheme": "UNSPSC"
   },
   {
    "title": "First Nations communication services",
    "source": "austender",
    "notice_id": "AUS-CN4284259",
    "buyer_name": "Department of Health, Disability and Ageing",
    "categories": [
     "82100000"
    ],
    "data_as_of": "2026-10-22T14:51:51.427Z",
    "notice_url": "https://www.tenders.gov.au/Search/CnAdvancedSearch?keyword=CN4284259",
    "notice_type": "contract_notice",
    "value_amount": 143000,
    "buyer_country": "AU",
    "deadline_date": null,
    "procedure_type": "Limited tender",
    "published_date
… (truncated)
```

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