# Soren Paid Ping

> Soren Paid Ping is a paid API for AI agents from soren.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Makes a paid GET request that verifies x402 payment verification and settlement are functioning end-to-end, costing $0.01 USDC per call.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://soren.com/v1/paid-ping
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/soren-paid-ping-30938632
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_MpPYVPRsR4yx7J6I4LMA_

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 soren-paid-ping-30938632
```

Example prompt: Run a paid ping against Soren right now to confirm the x402 payment verification and settlement path is actually working end-to-end, not just that the server is up.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to verify not just that a server is running but that the full x402 payment verification and settlement pipeline is operational. Unlike a free health check, a successful response here proves money actually moved. Prefer this over standard health checks when your monitoring requirement specifically covers the paid path, or when diagnosing whether payment failures are infrastructure-level.

## Known failure modes

- Payment verification failure — x402 token invalid or expired, returns 402 or 4xx
- Settlement failure — payment could not be processed, returns error indicating settlement issue
- Server unavailable — returns 5xx or no response, indicating infrastructure outage
- Insufficient funds — USDC balance too low to cover $0.01 cost
- Network timeout — no response received within expected window

## How this service works

A heartbeat that costs money, and therefore proves more than a health check: not merely that the server answers, but that x402 verification and settlement are working right now, end to end. Suitable for a monitor that needs to know the PAID path is alive.

## Output

A successful HTTP response confirming that the x402 payment was received, verified, and settled server-side, proving the entire paid path — from request through payment verification to settlement — is operational. A failure response (or no response) indicates the paid path is down.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ]
    }
   },
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/soren-paid-ping-30938632/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from soren.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/soren.com/llms.txt)