# TheCatAPI Cat Breeds Lookup

> TheCatAPI Cat Breeds Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.jobsproperty-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns cat breed information (name, origin, temperament, lifespan, weight, description, photo) from TheCatAPI, with optional keyword filtering

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.jobsproperty-api.workers.dev/api/jobs/thecatapi-cat-breeds?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/thecatapi-cat-breeds-lookup-688d09c5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4DAdNOJJTQ6ykfv0JQm-S

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 thecatapi-cat-breeds-lookup-688d09c5
```

Example prompt: Can you look up cat breeds from Turkey — show me up to 20 results with their temperament, lifespan, and a photo?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured cat breed data including temperament, lifespan, weight, and photos — especially when filtering by origin country or name keyword. Prefer this over a general web search when you need clean, structured breed records rather than free-text articles.

## Known failure modes

- 503 Service Unavailable if CAT_API_KEY environment variable is not set on the server
- Empty result set if the keyword query matches no breeds
- Limit parameter ignored or clamped if outside 1-200 range
- Rate limiting or quota errors from TheCatAPI upstream

## How this service works

Cat breeds from TheCatAPI: name, other names, origin country, temperament, life span, weight range, short description and a photo link; optionally filtered by words in the name, other names or origin (e.g. "turkish", "Egypt"). Not a job data source; it is in this batch's wish list. Needs a free TheCatAPI key (set CAT_API_KEY); without it the tool answers 503.

## Output

A list of cat breed objects each containing: breed name, other/alternate names, country of origin, temperament traits, life span range, weight range (imperial/metric), a short description, and a URL to a representative photo. Results are filtered if a query keyword is provided, and limited to the specified count (default 10, max 200).

## 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": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Words that must all appear in the breed name, other names or origin (optional, max 50 characters)"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "How many breeds, 1 to 200 (default 10)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/thecatapi-cat-breeds-lookup-688d09c5/health.json
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