# Saylor Innovations Guide Library: Responsible Scraper Design

> Saylor Innovations Guide Library: Responsible Scraper Design is a paid API for AI agents from saylorinnovations.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-03).

Returns a guide on how to design responsible, ethical web scrapers with best practices for crawling and domain interaction

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/kb/responsible-scraper?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-03
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/saylor-innovations-guide-library-responsible-scraper-design-d8c9b29d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_okMlaSLmGuKkfb_Lw_-vI

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 saylor-innovations-guide-library-responsible-scraper-design-d8c9b29d
```

Example prompt: Pull up the responsible scraper design guide from Saylor Innovations — I need the best practices for building an ethical web crawler that doesn't hammer servers or violate domain policies.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an agent or developer needs structured, authoritative guidance on building ethical and responsible web scrapers — particularly for projects involving automated crawling, domain access policies, rate limiting, and robots.txt compliance. Prefer this over generic web searches when a curated, paid, well-structured guide is needed on demand.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid HTTP method returns an error (only GET is accepted)
- Malformed input object missing required type or method fields returns validation error
- Payment not included or rejected results in 402 Payment Required response
- Server unavailable returns 5xx error
- Empty or truncated body if guide content is unavailable

## How this service works

Responsible Scraper Design Guide — Web & Domains

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing a unique guide ID, a title, a category tag, the full guide body text as a string, an optional price, and a license field — delivering human-readable best-practice content on responsible scraper and crawler design for web and domain interactions.

## 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",
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH",
      "DELETE",
      "HEAD"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "id",
      "t",
      "c",
      "body"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "c": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "t": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "id": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "body": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "price": {
       "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "license": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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