# KiteEndpoints.ai Web Search

> KiteEndpoints.ai Web Search is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.2/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Performs a web search query and returns results, accessible via pay-per-request USDC micropayment on Base chain

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/web-search
- Price: $0.2/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-web-search-ea144ea3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_O6gh78OE87wZluqx8nBuC

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 kiteendpoints-ai-web-search-ea144ea3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the web for the latest news about OpenAI GPT-5 and give me a summary of what you find.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live, up-to-date web search results and are willing to pay per query in USDC on Base chain. Useful for agents that need real-time information retrieval without a long-term API subscription, especially in crypto-native or x402-payment-enabled pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance causes 402 payment required error
- Malformed or empty query returns no useful results
- Rate limiting or upstream search provider downtime causes failure
- Overly broad queries may return low-relevance results
- Payment transaction on Base chain may fail if gas or wallet issues occur

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing web search data including relevant page titles, URLs, and snippets matching the query, sourced from live web index results.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-web-search-ea144ea3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)