# SCRIPTMASTERLABS Web Research One-Shot API

> SCRIPTMASTERLABS Web Research One-Shot API is a paid API for AI agents from scriptmasterlabs.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Performs a single pay-per-call web research query, fetching and extracting text from public sources for a given search query.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://scriptmasterlabs.com/api/web/research/once?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scriptmasterlabs-web-research-one-shot-api-a56ee7f8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i3bvsxkKuEkUJyAVP7Cn6

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 scriptmasterlabs-web-research-one-shot-api-a56ee7f8
```

Example prompt: Search the web for 'latest developments in AI agent frameworks' and pull extracted text from 3 public sources, keeping it under 2000 characters per source.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs a quick, single-shot web research lookup with full source text extraction billed per call at $0.003 USDC, especially in x402-compatible micropayment workflows where you want to inspect and accept payment terms before committing. Prefer this over general search APIs when you need both search snippets and extracted full-page text in one call with no subscription required.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'q' parameter returns a validation error
- Query string too long (over 400 chars) rejected by schema validation
- fetch_count or search_count out of acceptable range may return partial or error results
- Payment not completed or rejected by x402 protocol results in no delivery
- Source pages that block scraping return empty or partial text for that source
- Network timeouts on external pages may cause missing source entries

## How this service works

Pay-per-call APIs and a read-only provider check for x402 buyers. Inspect evidence and live terms before a caller-controlled payment; accept delivery with proof.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the original query, a list of search result snippets (URL, title, snippet), a list of fully extracted source pages (URL, title, extracted text), pricing metadata, payment model, and an accepted_delivery flag confirming the paid response was delivered.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 400,
       "minLength": 1,
       "description": "General-web research query Search intents: web research api, web research api for ai agents, ai research api, web search api, search and extract, agent research."
      },
      "max_chars": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Maximum extracted characters per source Search intents: web research api, web research api for ai agents, ai research api, web search api, search and extract, agent research."
      },
      "fetch_count": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Public source pages to safely extract, 1-3 Search intents: web research api, web research api for ai agents, ai research api, web search api, search and extract, agent research."
      },
      "search_count": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Search results to inspect Search intents: web research api, web research api for ai agents, ai research api, web search api, search and extract, agent research."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": true
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "example"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 },
 "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "query": "latest x402 payment protocol updates",
  "status": "ready",
  "product": "SML Web Research — One Shot",
  "results": [
   {
    "url": "https://example.com/source",
    "title": "<source-title>",
    "snippet": "<search-snippet>"
   }
  ],
  "sources": [
   {
    "url": "https://example.com/source",
    "text": "<safely-extracted-source-text>",
    "title": "<source-title>"
   }
  ],
  "price_usdc": "0.003",
  "payment_model": "one_shot_x402",
  "accepted_delivery": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scriptmasterlabs-web-research-one-shot-api-a56ee7f8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from scriptmasterlabs.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/scriptmasterlabs.com/llms.txt)