# Rotary Agency Dev.to Articles API

> Rotary Agency Dev.to Articles API is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status down (last checked 2026-10-25).

Fetches public articles and content from Dev.to (developers' blogging platform) via a pay-per-call proxy endpoint

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/devto?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-25
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-dev-to-articles-api-544fd1d7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zLoOdDHmSAem5FfatzJEX

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 rotary-agency-dev-to-articles-api-544fd1d7
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest trending articles from Dev.to so I can see what topics the developer community is writing about right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic access to Dev.to article data and want to pay per-call at $0.002 USDC without managing a Dev.to API key yourself. Useful for agents that occasionally need developer community content without a standing subscription or API credential setup.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or invalid x402 payment header returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid or unsupported query parameters may return empty results or 400 error
- Dev.to API rate limits or downtime may cause upstream failures and 502/503 responses
- Malformed request path returns 404
- No articles matching the given filters returns empty array

## How this service works

Free-source data APIs (100% margin, no proxy, $0.002/call): ...

## Output

Returns structured JSON containing Dev.to article data including titles, body content, author information, tags, publication dates, reaction counts, and reading time estimates — matching the Dev.to public API response format.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "varies": "endpoint-specific structured JSON"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-dev-to-articles-api-544fd1d7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from rotaryagency.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/rotaryagency.uk/llms.txt)