# OpenFDA Device Recalls Search

> OpenFDA Device Recalls Search is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Query the US FDA's public device recalls dataset by search expression and return matching structured recall records

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-openfda-device-recalls
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/openfda-device-recalls-search-354bdd86
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_fJSsRXHAx5PTGtmeKU_yz

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 openfda-device-recalls-search-354bdd86 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the FDA device recalls database for any recalls involving 'insulin pump' and return all matching records with the recall reason, classification, and recalling firm.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable FDA device recall records without requiring an FDA API key. It is ideal for AI agents in pharma, health tech, regulatory compliance, and safety research workflows that need to programmatically search recall data. Prefer it over direct openFDA API calls when you want a proxied, x402-payment-enabled, agent-friendly interface to the public FDA dataset.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed search expression returns no results or an error
- Overly broad queries may return large result sets that need pagination
- FDA openFDA API downtime or rate limiting may cause upstream failures
- Search terms that don't match FDA field vocabulary return empty result sets
- Missing or empty request body causes a 400-level error

## How this service works

Query the openFDA device recalls dataset by search expression, no key, US FDA public data. Returns matching records with structured fields. For AI agents in pharma, health, and safety research.

## Output

Returns an array of matching FDA device recall records, each containing structured fields such as device name, recalling firm, recall classification (Class I/II/III), recall reason, recall initiation date, product code, distribution pattern, and other openFDA-standardized fields.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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