# minia2a x402-news

> minia2a x402-news is a paid API for AI agents from minia2a.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Fetches news content via a pay-per-call x402 micropayment API endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://minia2a.uk/x402/news?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/minia2a-x402-news-3eab872b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_U7WjPW-iCbVItSHAUv7B-

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 minia2a-x402-news-3eab872b
```

Example prompt: Can you grab the latest news for me using the minia2a x402-news service? I just need the current headlines or news feed it returns.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a low-cost, pay-per-call news data retrieval capability within an x402 micropayment-enabled agent workflow, especially if already integrated with the minia2a service ecosystem. Best for lightweight, on-demand news fetching at $0.01 per call.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance results in 402 response and no data returned
- Invalid or malformed query parameters may return empty or error response
- Service unavailability returns a network or server error
- Rate limiting may occur if called too frequently

## How this service works

x402-news — service

## Output

Returns news content, likely including article headlines, summaries, or structured news data, depending on query parameters supplied. The exact schema of the response includes a typed output object.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true
 },
 "candidates": [
  "articles",
  "count",
  "source",
  "topic"
 ]
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/minia2a-x402-news-3eab872b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from minia2a.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/minia2a.uk/llms.txt)