# Straits.live Strait of Hormuz Premium Data Export

> Straits.live Strait of Hormuz Premium Data Export is a paid API for AI agents from straits.live, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Exports live time-series data feeds on Strait of Hormuz shipping status, including transit counts, AIS gaps, stranded vessels, and oil price index, updated every 5 minutes.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://straits.live/api/premium/export
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/straits-live-strait-of-hormuz-premium-data-export-59ae38bd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8V8RRfGuwdEomrYc712uJ

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 straits-live-strait-of-hormuz-premium-data-export-59ae38bd
```

Example prompt: Pull me the latest Strait of Hormuz transit counts and AIS gap data from straits.live — I want both feeds in JSON format so I can see how shipping traffic compares to the normal 88 ships per day.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable time-series data about Strait of Hormuz shipping activity for quantitative analysis, alerting pipelines, or dashboards. It is preferable to the summary/verdict endpoints when you need raw historical points rather than a prose situation brief, and better than the all-in-one snapshot endpoint when you only need specific feeds to minimize payload size. Ideal for automated monitoring agents that poll on a schedule.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or invalid x402 payment header — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid feed name in comma-separated list — may return empty series or error
- Format parameter set to unsupported value — may default to JSON or return 400
- Service temporarily unavailable during update cycle — stale or missing data possible
- Rate limiting if called excessively beyond the per-call pricing model

## How this service works

Is the Strait of Hormuz open? Effectively no, it is closed to commercial shipping as of 13 July 2026. 34 ships transited vs ~88/day normal. Brent $81.10. Updated every 5 minutes.

## Output

Returns a JSON (or CSV) object containing one or more named time-series feeds. Each feed includes a count of data points and an array of timestamped observations. Available feeds include: 'transits' (ship transit events), 'ais-gaps' (AIS signal loss events suggesting vessel concealment), 'stranded' (vessels stuck near the strait), and 'index-5min' (composite 5-minute status index including Brent crude price). Omitting the feeds parameter returns all series.

## 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": [],
     "properties": {
      "feeds": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Comma-separated series: index-5min, stranded, ais-gaps, transits. Omit for all."
      },
      "format": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "json (default) or csv"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "feeds": [
   "transits"
  ],
  "schema": "https://straits.live/api/premium/export",
  "series": {
   "transits": {
    "count": 480,
    "points": []
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/straits-live-strait-of-hormuz-premium-data-export-59ae38bd/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from straits.live](https://www.zero.xyz/host/straits.live/llms.txt)