# ScrapeMole Pulse Geocoding Search

> ScrapeMole Pulse Geocoding Search is a paid API for AI agents from pulse.scrapemole.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Forward geocode a place name or address to latitude/longitude coordinates using OpenStreetMap data via Photon and Nominatim

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pulse.scrapemole.workers.dev/v1/geocode/search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrapemole-pulse-geocoding-search-c6c63fed
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_OUI9xTpBsDYO4ncAVtAgm

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 scrapemole-pulse-geocoding-search-c6c63fed
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the coordinates for 'Eiffel Tower, Paris' and give me its latitude and longitude so I can pass them to a weather API?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to convert a human-readable place name or address into geographic coordinates (lat/lon) without an API key or account setup, and you want OSM-backed data with clear attribution. It is a strong choice for AI agents that need to chain geocoding into downstream calls (e.g. weather, mapping) and want pay-per-call pricing with no subscription. Prefer this over Google Maps Geocoding or Mapbox if you want open data with ODbL licensing and micro-payment access.

## Known failure modes

- No results found for an ambiguous or misspelled place name — returns empty results array
- Limit parameter out of range (must be 1-10) — may return an error or default value
- Extremely obscure locations not in OpenStreetMap data — empty results
- Rate or payment failure — 402 response requiring USDC payment before retry
- Network timeout reaching upstream Photon or Nominatim services

## How this service works

Pay-per-call "state of the world" lookups that language models cannot know on their own: official ECB exchange rates (latest, historical, conversion), the current time and DST-aware time-zone conversion for scheduling, global weather forecasts (MET Norway, by coordinates or place name), official US National Weather Service forecasts and active watches/warnings/advisories (by state, point, place or zone), the live Hacker News front page, public holidays for ~100 countries (list by year, check a date, next holidays, long weekends, available countries via Nager.Date), and geocoding / reverse geocoding (place or address ↔ coordinates via Photon and Nominatim over OpenStreetMap). Public, non-personal data with sources and licences in every response. USDC via x402, no accounts.

Payments: x402 v2, scheme "exact", USDC on Base (eip155:8453). The payment is verified before the work and settled only when the response is 200. Terms: https://pulse.scrapemole.workers.dev/terms

## Output

A JSON object with a results array, each item containing lat, lon, name, type (e.g. city), and countryCode. Also includes count, the original query, source attribution (Photon/Komoot over OpenStreetMap), license (ODbL 1.0), and source/license URLs. Up to 10 results depending on the limit parameter.

## 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",
       "examples": [
        "Paris"
       ],
       "description": "Place name or address to search (aliases: place, address)."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": "5",
       "examples": [
        "5"
       ],
       "description": "Max results (1-10)."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "note": "Public geographic data only (places, streets, addresses). Not for bulk scraping of personal contact data; attribution required when redistributing OSM-derived results.",
  "count": 2,
  "query": "Paris",
  "source": "Photon (Komoot) over OpenStreetMap data; Nominatim fallback",
  "license": "ODbL 1.0 (OpenStreetMap contributors)",
  "results": [
   {
    "lat": 48.85693,
    "lon": 2.3412,
    "name": "Paris",
    "type": "city",
    "countryCode": "FR"
   }
  ],
  "sourceUrl": "https://photon.komoot.io",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrapemole-pulse-geocoding-search-c6c63fed/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from pulse.scrapemole.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/pulse.scrapemole.workers.dev/llms.txt)