# SiteCheck Web Intel – Figshare Article Search

> SiteCheck Web Intel – Figshare Article Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.webintel-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-24).

Searches Figshare's public repository for research articles, datasets, and figures by keyword, returning metadata like ID, title, DOI, publication date, item type, and public page link.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.webintel-api.workers.dev/api/search/figshare-articles?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-24
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sitecheck-web-intel-figshare-article-search-f789ab91
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bPqbI1NxaN1ISOrCS0bsx

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 sitecheck-web-intel-figshare-article-search-f789ab91
```

Example prompt: Search Figshare for up to 10 research articles and datasets about CRISPR gene editing and give me the titles, DOIs, and links.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to discover or verify academic research items, datasets, or figures hosted on Figshare by searching titles and metadata. Prefer this over DataCite or Crossref search when you specifically want Figshare-hosted open-access content including datasets and figures (not just journal articles). Use Crossref for citation counts and journal metadata, and DataCite for broader DOI resolution across repositories.

## Known failure modes

- Empty results when query terms are too specific or niche and no matching Figshare items exist
- Query string too long (over 200 characters) causes validation error
- Limit parameter out of range (below 1 or above 25) causes error
- Figshare public API downtime causes upstream failure
- Rate limiting from upstream Figshare API returning no results

## How this service works

Figshare public article search (public API, no key): id, title, DOI, publication date, item type and public page link for research articles, datasets and figures. Searches titles and metadata; file contents are not returned.

## Output

Returns a list of up to 25 Figshare items (default 5), each containing: numeric item ID, title, DOI, publication date, item type (article/dataset/figure), and a public Figshare page URL. File contents and full text are not returned.

## 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",
       "description": "Search words (1 to 200 characters)"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "How many articles, 1 to 25 (default 5)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/sitecheck-web-intel-figshare-article-search-f789ab91/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.webintel-api.workers.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.webintel-api.workers.dev/llms.txt)