# OpenWeb Ninja — Local Business Nearby Search

> OpenWeb Ninja — Local Business Nearby Search is a paid API for AI agents from x402.openwebninja.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches for local businesses near a given location, returning nearby business listings with details such as name, address, rating, and category.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.openwebninja.com/local-business-data/search-nearby
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/openweb-ninja-local-business-nearby-search-e0e6815e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lnzj26x377x3BFBNpT6H8

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 openweb-ninja-local-business-nearby-search-e0e6815e
```

Example prompt: Find coffee shops within 1 mile of 37.7749° N, 122.4194° W — I want to see nearby options with their names, addresses, and ratings.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time or near-real-time discovery of local businesses around a specific geographic point without requiring an API key or account setup. It is especially useful for AI agents operating with micro-payment budgets ($0.003/call) via x402, and is a strong choice when you need to avoid API key management overhead while querying business directory data for location-aware applications.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing location coordinates return an error response
- No results found if the area has no matching businesses
- Overly broad category queries may return too many or irrelevant results
- Network timeout if the upstream data source is slow
- Payment failure over x402 if USDC balance is insufficient

## How this service works

40+ public web-data, SERP, e-commerce, real-estate, finance and AI-search APIs, payable per call over x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum). No account or API key required. Most endpoints $0.003; AI-model endpoints $0.005.

## Output

Returns a JSON array of nearby local businesses matching the query, each with fields such as business name, formatted address, geographic coordinates, star rating, review count, phone number, category/type, and estimated distance from the search location.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {}
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/openweb-ninja-local-business-nearby-search-e0e6815e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.openwebninja.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.openwebninja.com/llms.txt)