# NovaPath Internet Archive Metadata Search

> NovaPath Internet Archive Metadata Search is a paid API for AI agents from instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Searches a cross-domain Internet Archive metadata snapshot and returns up to five bibliographic references with item links and license information

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://instructional-decision-engine-x402.vercel.app/archive/references?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/novapath-internet-archive-metadata-search-9b8aec11
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Eag3rm8VbfW3aIlYy6q3T

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 novapath-internet-archive-metadata-search-9b8aec11 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search NovaPath's Internet Archive snapshot for up to 5 references about renewable energy policy — I need the bibliographic details, original links, and license info for each result.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick bibliographic references from a curated cross-domain Internet Archive snapshot covering education, science, technology, economics, history, or government. It is ideal for agents doing literature discovery, citation gathering, or source verification tasks where a small set of authoritative archived references is sufficient. Prefer alternatives if you need full text retrieval, broad web search, real-time indexing, or verified reuse permissions.

## Known failure modes

- Query too short (under 3 characters) or too long (over 120 characters) returns validation error
- Limit value outside 1–5 range returns schema validation error
- Query containing personal data, URLs, or injection-style content may be rejected
- No matching results found returns empty result set
- Service unavailable or payment not processed returns HTTP error

## How this service works

Search a cross-domain Internet Archive metadata snapshot spanning education, science, technology, economics, history and government. Returns up to five bibliographic references, original item links and reported licenses. Fixed bounded sample; no full text or reuse permission.

## Output

Returns up to five bibliographic records from a fixed Internet Archive metadata snapshot, each including author, title, publication year, original item URL, and reported license. Results are drawn from a bounded sample covering education, science, technology, economics, history, and government domains. No full text is provided and no reuse permissions are granted beyond what is reported.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 5,
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 120,
   "minLength": 3,
   "description": "Public business or topical keywords only; 1–10 distinctive terms. No personal/contact data, URLs or instructions."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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