# Tanod Web Search

> Tanod Web Search is a paid API for AI agents from web.tanod.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.007/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Performs a web search and returns ranked results with titles, URLs, and snippets, with optional region and freshness filtering.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://web.tanod.dev/v1/search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.007/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tanod-web-search-77efa848
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ir17SojGeQWcGF6VEuUws

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 tanod-web-search-77efa848 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the web for the best espresso machines of 2026 and give me the top 5 results from the past month, boosted for the US.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need lightweight, ranked web search results with optional freshness and regional filtering, especially in agent workflows that use x402 micropayment-based APIs. It is backed by Mojeek (privacy-focused, independent index) rather than Google or Bing, making it suitable when avoiding big-tech search providers is desirable. Prefer it for quick informational lookups, news retrieval, and product research over full-page scraping endpoints.

## Known failure modes

- Query string missing or empty — returns validation error
- Query exceeds 512 characters — rejected with schema error
- Invalid country code (not ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) — may return unfiltered or error
- Invalid freshness value outside allowed enum — returns validation error
- No results found for niche or misspelled query — returns empty results array
- Rate limiting or payment failure — returns 402 or 429 error

## How this service works

Web tools: search, page to Markdown or screenshot, company profile and jobs, sitemaps, RDAP, IP.

## Output

A JSON object containing the search query, total result count, a cached flag, and an array of ranked results each with rank, URL, title, source name (e.g. Mojeek), and a short descriptive snippet.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "count": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 10,
   "maximum": 10,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "Maximum number of results to return (1-10)."
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 512,
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Search query (plain text)."
  },
  "country": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 2
    },
    {
     "type": "null"
    }
   ],
   "default": null,
   "description": "Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 region boost (e.g. us)."
  },
  "freshness": {
   "anyOf": [
    {
     "enum": [
      "day",
      "week",
      "month",
      "year"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    {
     "type": "null"
    }
   ],
   "default": null,
   "description": "Optional recency filter: day | week | month | year."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 10,
  "query": "best espresso machine 2026",
  "cached": false,
  "results": [
   {
    "url": "https://example.com/espresso",
    "rank": 1,
    "title": "The Best Espresso Machines of 2026",
    "source": "mojeek",
    "snippet": "Our tested picks across price ranges, with notes on pressure and milk steaming."
   },
   {
    "url": "https://example.org/guide",
    "rank": 2,
    "title": "Espresso machine buying guide",
    "source": "mojeek",
    "snippet": "How boiler type, PID control and portafilter size affect the cup."
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tanod-web-search-77efa848/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from web.tanod.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/web.tanod.dev/llms.txt)