# Maxwell x402 – German Federal Legislation Search

> Maxwell x402 – German Federal Legislation Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.maxwellinternational.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Search German federal laws and regulations on gesetze-im-internet.de by title, or fetch a specific law by its norm ID, returning the German title, abbreviation, and official source link.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/v1/gov/de/legislation?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/maxwell-x402-german-federal-legislation-search-da02b7d3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Ku0-GOLaMzXbUbi9EsUcP

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 maxwell-x402-german-federal-legislation-search-da02b7d3
```

Example prompt: Can you find the German federal law called Abgabenordnung on gesetze-im-internet.de and give me its official title, abbreviation, and source link?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search or retrieve German federal laws and regulations specifically from the official gesetze-im-internet.de source. It is the right choice when you need authoritative German law titles, norm IDs, or official government links. Prefer it over general web search when you need structured, machine-readable legal metadata for German legislation.

## Known failure modes

- No matching laws found for the given title query — returns empty items array
- Invalid norm ID returns no results or error
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 protocol
- Upstream gesetze-im-internet.de unavailable — service may time out
- Misspelled or non-German law titles yield zero results

## How this service works

Search German federal laws and regulations published on gesetze-im-internet.de by title, or fetch one by its norm id (e.g. ao_1977): German title, abbreviation where the source gives one, and the official source link.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with ok status, cache indicator, result count, source name, the search query used, and an array of matching items each containing normId, titleDe (German title), abbreviation (if available), and sourceUrl pointing to the official gesetze-im-internet.de page.

## 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",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "cache": "inventory-scan",
  "count": 8,
  "items": [
   {
    "normId": "ao_1977",
    "titleDe": "Abgabenordnung",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ao_1977/",
    "abbreviation": null
   }
  ],
  "query": "Abgabenordnung",
  "source": "gesetze-im-internet"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/maxwell-x402-german-federal-legislation-search-da02b7d3/health.json
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