# OpenWeb Ninja — Local Business Search in Area

> OpenWeb Ninja — Local Business Search in Area is a paid API for AI agents from x402.openwebninja.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Search for local businesses within a geographic area, returning real-time business listings with details like name, address, hours, ratings, and contact info.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.openwebninja.com/realtime-local-and-maps-data/local-business-data/search-in-area
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/openweb-ninja-local-business-search-in-area-8c8cf1dc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_pOpSsafKhdRdtWS1wVfsn

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-search-in-area-8c8cf1dc
```

Example prompt: Find me all Italian restaurants in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago — I need their names, addresses, phone numbers, and ratings.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time local business search across any geographic area without requiring an API key or account setup. At $0.003 per call via x402 micropayment, it is cost-effective for occasional or high-volume agent workflows. Prefer this over Google Places or Yelp APIs when you want keyless, pay-per-call access with no rate-limit tiers or subscription overhead.

## Known failure modes

- No results returned for very rural or sparsely populated areas
- Vague or ambiguous area query returns unexpected region coverage
- Rate limiting or payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient
- Outdated business data if listing has not been refreshed recently
- Empty response if business category is too niche or misspelled

## 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 local business listings within the specified area, each including business name, address, phone number, website, rating, review count, hours of operation, business category, and geographic coordinates.

## 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-search-in-area-8c8cf1dc/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)