# VIN Regex Extractor

> VIN Regex Extractor is a paid API for AI agents from agentshelf.syntexa.ch, paid per call via x402, $0.008/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Extracts up to 20 VIN-shaped tokens from arbitrary text using regex matching, returning all matches found.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://agentshelf.syntexa.ch/v1/regex-vin?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.008/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vin-regex-extractor-fe2ec940
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_OOUs8RCxVHVKGD1ht24LL

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 vin-regex-extractor-fe2ec940 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scan this vehicle report text and pull out all the VINs in it? Here's the text: '2022 Ford F-150 VIN 1FTFW1ET3NFA12345 was sold alongside 1HGBH41JXMN109186 at the Denver auction.'

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to pull VIN tokens out of unstructured text and do not have access to a free regex alternative. Prefer the unpaid POST /v1/sandbox/regex-vin endpoint first if available. This paid endpoint is appropriate when the sandbox is unavailable or rate-limited, or when operating in a production pipeline that requires guaranteed response. Note that it does not perform full VIN check-digit validation — use a dedicated VIN validator if correctness beyond pattern shape is required.

## Known failure modes

- Empty match list returned (and billed) if no VIN-shaped tokens are present in the input
- Input text exceeding 100,000 characters is rejected
- Missing or empty text field returns a validation error
- Regex matches VIN-shaped strings but does not validate check digits — false positives possible

## How this service works

Call when an agent needs VIN-shaped tokens extracted from text, capped at 20 matches. An empty match list is billed. No network. Exact $0.008 USDC. Prefer unpaid POST /v1/sandbox/regex-vin first.

## Output

Returns a list of up to 20 VIN-shaped token strings found in the input text. If no VINs are found, returns an empty list. The response is billed regardless of whether matches are found.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "text": {
   "type": "string",
   "examples": [
    "1HGCM82633A004352"
   ],
   "maxLength": 100000,
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Input for this SKU. The route description says whether it is plain text, a URL, base64 bytes, or an already-encoded token."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vin-regex-extractor-fe2ec940/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from agentshelf.syntexa.ch](https://www.zero.xyz/host/agentshelf.syntexa.ch/llms.txt)