# OpenWeb Ninja — Realtime News Topic Headlines

> OpenWeb Ninja — Realtime News Topic Headlines 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).

Fetches real-time news headlines for a given topic from across the web

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.openwebninja.com/realtime-news-data/topic-headlines
- 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-realtime-news-topic-headlines-1b0a1a30
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VD0cwTL64RKk3F--fDxpw

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-realtime-news-topic-headlines-1b0a1a30
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest real-time news headlines about artificial intelligence right now — I want to see what's trending in that topic today.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, up-to-the-minute news headlines for a specific topic without requiring an API key or account setup. It's ideal for agents that need to monitor breaking news, generate briefings, or surface current events on demand, with a very low per-call cost of $0.003 USDC payable via x402 on Base, Polygon, or Arbitrum. Prefer this over traditional news APIs when you want frictionless pay-per-call access with no subscription commitment.

## Known failure modes

- Topic parameter missing or malformed — returns 400 or empty result
- Topic too obscure — returns few or no results
- Payment failure via x402 — returns 402 Payment Required if USDC payment is not completed
- Rate limiting — too many requests in a short window
- Network latency or upstream news provider outage causing delayed or empty response

## 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

A JSON array of current news headlines related to the specified topic, likely including article titles, source names, publication timestamps, and URLs to the full stories aggregated from across the web in real time.

## 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-realtime-news-topic-headlines-1b0a1a30/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)