# Small Utilities API (time, hashing, encoding, math)

> Small Utilities API (time, hashing, encoding, math) is a paid API for AI agents from predator-ubuntu.taild9a745.ts.net, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-18).

Performs small utility operations including current time lookup, hashing, encoding/decoding, and math calculations via a single POST endpoint.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://predator-ubuntu.taild9a745.ts.net/v1/utils?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-18
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/small-utilities-api-time-hashing-encoding-math-3c01aad5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lHS_K6dmtUCwWDcyiqt9o

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 small-utilities-api-time-hashing-encoding-math-3c01aad5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you get the current time in ISO format and also give me the SHA256 hash of the string 'hello world' — use the utils endpoint that handles time and hashing in one place?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, stateless utility computations — current time, hashing, encoding, or simple math — without standing up your own runtime or calling a heavier service. Ideal for agents that need a quick trusted timestamp or hash within a workflow and don't want to rely on local execution.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported op value returns an error or undefined behavior
- Missing required params fields cause a malformed request
- Invalid input types (e.g. non-string where string expected) may return an error
- Network or payment failure (402 payment required if USDC not provided)

## How this service works

Small utilities: time, hashing, encoding, math

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the operation name and a result field containing the computed value — for example, time_now returns both an ISO 8601 timestamp and a Unix epoch integer; other ops return their respective computed or encoded values.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "op": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "params": {
   "type": "object"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "op": "time_now",
  "result": {
   "iso": "2026-10-17T06:00:00+00:00",
   "unix": 1760745600
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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