# SqueezeOS Quick Headline — Single Latest News Headline for Ticker

> SqueezeOS Quick Headline — Single Latest News Headline for Ticker is a paid API for AI agents from squeezeos-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the single most recent real news headline for a given stock ticker symbol, including publisher name and article URL.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://squeezeos-api.onrender.com/api/quick/headline/AAPL
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/squeezeos-quick-headline-single-latest-news-headline-for-ticker-684acefe
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_v0lBlmZcZDI3pkpDXdLMX

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 squeezeos-quick-headline-single-latest-news-headline-for-ticker-684acefe
```

Example prompt: What's the latest news headline for AAPL right now — just the most recent one, with the source and link?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need the single most recent news headline for a specific US equity ticker quickly and cheaply ($0.001/call). Ideal for real-time pre-trade checks, portfolio monitoring, or surfacing the latest press for a single symbol without needing full news feeds or historical archives. Prefer over full news search APIs when only the latest headline matters and low latency is important.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker symbol returns an error or empty result
- Symbol not in US equities universe may return no headline
- Service unavailable on Render cold-start may cause latency spike or timeout
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 response before data is returned
- Very recently listed or illiquid tickers may have no recent news coverage

## How this service works

Stock news headline API. Get the latest available market headline for a ticker symbol from a live data provider.

## Output

A JSON object containing the single latest news headline for the requested ticker, along with the publisher name and a direct URL to the article. Typically includes a publication timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "queryParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "GET"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "symbol": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Z0-9.]{1,10}$",
       "description": "Ticker symbol mirrored from the URL path for Bazaar discovery Search intents: stock news, market headline, ticker news, company headline, equity news."
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": true
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "example"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "json"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 },
 "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/squeezeos-quick-headline-single-latest-news-headline-for-ticker-684acefe/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from squeezeos-api.onrender.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/squeezeos-api.onrender.com/llms.txt)