# LION POI Business Search

> LION POI Business Search is a paid API for AI agents from lionx402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Search for points of interest and businesses by area, bounding box, or category using OpenStreetMap data, returning name, address, phone, website, hours, and coordinates.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://lionx402.com/api/x402/poi-business-search-json
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/lion-poi-business-search-648c477c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6mcgwyoJzr5zEfDSP4FzU

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 lion-poi-business-search-648c477c
```

Example prompt: Find me restaurants in Midtown New York — I need their names, addresses, phone numbers, and opening hours for a couple of options near Times Square.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time local business/POI discovery with structured contact data (phone, hours, website) sourced from OpenStreetMap, paid per-call in USDC on Base with no API key required. Prefer over Google Places or Foursquare when keyless agent-native operation and pay-per-use economics matter, or when open attribution data (ODbL) is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Domain input unrecognized or no matching businesses found — empty results array returned
- Area name too vague or ambiguous — Nominatim may return unexpected region
- Bounding box malformed — query may fail or return zero results
- Category string not matching OSM taxonomy — no results for niche categories
- Service unavailable — payment accepted but upstream OSM/Nominatim timeout

## How this service works

Point of interest / business search (keyless, OSM)

## Output

A JSON object containing a list of matching businesses with their coordinates (lat/lon), name, brand, phone, address, website, category, and opening hours. Includes metadata like query area, bounding box, result count, attribution (OpenStreetMap/Nominatim), asset ID, and timestamp.

## 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",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "lat": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "lon": {
       "type": "number"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "service": "LION Verified Company",
  "asset_id": "LION",
  "resolved": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/lion-poi-business-search-648c477c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from lionx402.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/lionx402.com/llms.txt)