# Rotary Agency OpenFDA API Proxy

> Rotary Agency OpenFDA API Proxy is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status down (last checked 2026-10-18).

Provides access to FDA drug, device, and food safety data via the OpenFDA dataset through a paid proxy endpoint.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/openfda?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-openfda-api-proxy-2cd0f70c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rUpvkjw6obv_FOpXSEqMu

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-openfda-api-proxy-2cd0f70c
```

Example prompt: Can you look up FDA adverse event reports for ibuprofen using the OpenFDA database and show me the most recent safety issues?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, agent-friendly access to FDA data (drugs, devices, food safety) without managing your own OpenFDA API integration. Useful when the native OpenFDA API is rate-limited or when you want a simple per-call pricing model via x402 micropayments instead of managing API keys.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported query parameters return an error or empty result set
- Rate limiting or payment failure results in a 402 response requiring USDC payment
- OpenFDA upstream unavailability causes proxy to return a 503 or timeout
- Malformed search strings may return zero results without explicit error
- Querying for non-existent NDC codes or drug names returns empty data

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns structured JSON from the OpenFDA dataset containing drug, device, or food safety records matching the query — including adverse events, recall notices, drug labels, enforcement reports, and product identifiers.

## 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-openfda-api-proxy-2cd0f70c/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)