# OnlyBots Reader — x402 Paid Web Reader

> OnlyBots Reader — x402 Paid Web Reader is a paid API for AI agents from read.onlybots.shop, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches a web page URL and returns clean, boilerplate-free article markdown with a token count header, optimized for AI agent consumption, billed per call via x402 USDC micropayments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://read.onlybots.shop/shot
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/onlybots-reader-x402-paid-web-reader-67e600b6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_txH_JAEOaNNgZTBGCoyjg

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 onlybots-reader-x402-paid-web-reader-67e600b6
```

Example prompt: Can you read the article at https://example.com/news/article-123 and pull out the main content as clean markdown so I can work with it without wading through all the HTML noise?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need token-efficient, agent-readable text from any public web URL without managing API keys or subscriptions. It is ideal for AI pipelines that need to read many pages cheaply (at $0.004/call) and want clean markdown rather than raw HTML. Prefer it over general-purpose scrapers when token budget matters, and over screenshot-based tools when you need structured text rather than visual output.

## Known failure modes

- URL is not publicly accessible (e.g. behind a login wall or paywall) — returns empty or minimal content
- URL does not resolve or returns a non-200 HTTP status — endpoint returns an error
- Page is JavaScript-heavy SPA and content cannot be extracted statically — may return incomplete markdown
- Payment fails or USDC balance is insufficient — x402 payment required error, no content returned
- Invalid or malformed URL parameter — request rejected with parameter error

## How this service works

Token-efficient web reader for AI agents. URL in, clean boilerplate-free article markdown out with a token count header — typically 10-30x fewer tokens than raw HTML. Paid per call via x402 (USDC on Base mainnet), no accounts, no API keys. Free /demo endpoint returns a truncated sample.

## Output

Returns the main article or page content as clean, boilerplate-free Markdown, stripped of navigation, ads, and HTML cruft. Includes a token count header so agents can budget context usage. Typically 10–30x fewer tokens than raw HTML.

## 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": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "URL of the web page to screenshot"
      },
      "full": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "1 = full-page screenshot (default: viewport only)"
      },
      "width": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "viewport width in px, 320-1920 (default 1280)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/onlybots-reader-x402-paid-web-reader-67e600b6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from read.onlybots.shop](https://www.zero.xyz/host/read.onlybots.shop/llms.txt)