# Paris Vélib' Bike Station Availability

> Paris Vélib' Bike Station Availability is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Returns real-time availability of mechanical bikes, e-bikes, and free docks for Vélib' stations in Paris, searched by station name or street

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bikes/paris/stations?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/paris-v-lib-bike-station-availability-6d957883
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LdXlt6hYkADl-g8rOGazR

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 paris-v-lib-bike-station-availability-6d957883
```

Example prompt: Can you check the Vélib' station on or near Rue de la Paix in Paris and tell me how many regular bikes and e-bikes are currently available, and how many free docks there are?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time Vélib' bike-share availability in Paris and can identify the target location by station name or street. It is ideal for agent workflows involving Paris urban navigation, trip planning, or dock-finding. Prefer this over generic mapping APIs when you specifically need live bike/dock counts rather than just location data.

## Known failure modes

- No stations match the query string — returns empty stations array with matched:0
- Query parameter 'q' missing — request rejected as invalid
- Upstream Vélib' data feed unavailable — may return stale or null source/checked_at
- Limit parameter out of range (must be 1-20) — may default or error
- Station exists but data is stale — updated timestamp will indicate last known good time

## How this service works

Paris Velib bike availability - real-time bikes, e-bikes and free docks for any station by name or street

## Output

Returns a list of matching Vélib' stations with their real-time counts of mechanical bikes, e-bikes, and free docks, plus each station's name, code, GPS coordinates, commune, total capacity, renting/returning status, and the timestamp of the last data update. Also includes the server-interpreted query string, data source, total number of matches, and the UTC time the check was run.

## 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": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Part of a station name or street"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "optional 1-20, default 10"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "stations"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The query as the server interpreted it"
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ],
       "description": "Data source the values come from"
      },
      "matched": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Number of items that matched the query"
      },
      "stations": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "lat": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Latitude in decimal degrees"
         },
         "lon": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Longitude in decimal degrees"
         },
         "code": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Code assigned by the issuing system"
         },
         "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Name"
         },
         "ebikes": {
          "type": "number"
         },
         "commune": {},
         "renting": {},
         "updated": {
          "description": "Time the record was last updated"
         },
         "capacity": {},
         "returning": {},
         "mechanical": {},
         "bikes_available": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Bikes available"
         },
         "docks_available": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Docks available"
         }
        }
       },
       "description": "Stations"
      },
      "checke
… (truncated)
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/paris-v-lib-bike-station-availability-6d957883/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from saylorinnovations.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/saylorinnovations.com/llms.txt)