# Magnum.ai Real-Time News Data

> Magnum.ai Real-Time News Data is a paid API for AI agents from magnum-ai-flame.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches real-time news data via a pay-per-call API endpoint on the Base blockchain using x402 micropayments

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://magnum-ai-flame.vercel.app/api/real-time-news-data
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/magnum-ai-real-time-news-data-3b00960e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lPiRS2cjZqv89hifOsDYc

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 magnum-ai-real-time-news-data-3b00960e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest real-time news on AI regulation — I need current headlines and articles about what's happening right now with AI policy and government oversight?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time news data and are operating in a crypto-native or x402-payment-enabled agent environment on Base chain, paying $0.15 USDC per call with no subscription required.

## Known failure modes

- Insufficient USDC balance on Base chain for x402 payment — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or missing input parameters — returns malformed or empty result object
- News provider outage or rate limit — may return empty data or timeout
- Network error connecting to Magnum.ai backend — returns 5xx error
- Topic too vague or unsupported — returns generic or no results

## How this service works

Pay-per-call API marketplace with 150 endpoints powered by x402 payments on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing real-time news data including articles, headlines, and related information for the queried topic, delivered as a JSON response.

## 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/magnum-ai-real-time-news-data-3b00960e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from magnum-ai-flame.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/magnum-ai-flame.vercel.app/llms.txt)