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WebLens News Search API
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WebLens News Search API is a paid API for AI agents from api.weblens.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-30).
Searches and returns recent news articles matching a query, including title, URL, source, date, and ranking position
Price / call$0.015
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How this service works
# WebLens - Web Intelligence API, pay per call Scrape, crawl, map and extract the web. No account, no API key, no monthly minimum — you pay for the calls you make and nothing else. ## Pricing Page fetching starts at **$0.002**, whole-site crawling at **$0.0015/page**, and sitemap discovery at **$0.004**. Comparable services bill $0.007-0.008 per request, or reach a lower per-page rate only on a $99/month commitment. WebLens has no commitment to reach. ## Payment Protocol All paid endpoints use the [x402 protocol](https://x402.org) for HTTP-native micropayments (USDC on Base). ## Cache Discount Cached responses are **70% cheaper** than fresh fetches.
Output
A JSON object containing the search query, a ranked list of news articles (each with URL, title, source name, human-readable date, ISO date, and position), a unique request ID, and the timestamp when the search was executed.
Example use cases
Competitive brand monitoring
“Find me the latest news articles mentioning 'OpenAI' so I can see what press coverage they've been getting this week.”
Research briefing for a meeting
“Pull the top recent news stories about 'climate change legislation in the EU' — I need titles, sources, and URLs so I can prep talking points.”
Breaking event tracking
“Search for news about 'earthquake in Japan' and show me the most recent results with dates and source names.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.weblens.dev/search/news?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need structured, ranked news article results with metadata (title, source, date, URL) for a given topic or keyword. It is particularly suited for AI agents that need to quickly surface current news coverage without maintaining their own news index. Prefer this over general web scraping endpoints when the use case is specifically news retrieval, and over broader search endpoints when you want news-specific sources and recency signals. The x402 micropayment model and cache discount make it cost-effective for repeated or similar queries.
Side effects
- Empty results if query is too niche or no recent coverage exists
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 micropayment is not properly authorized
- Cached response returned when fresh data expected (cheaper but potentially stale by cache TTL)
- Malformed query string may return irrelevant results or an error
- Network timeout if upstream news index is slow to respond
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | number | Max results (default 10, max 20) |
| query | string | Search query |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"query": "artificial intelligence",
"results": [
{
"url": "https://news.example.com/ai",
"date": "07/25/2026, 10:00 AM",
"title": "AI breakthrough announced",
"source": "Example News",
"isoDate": "2026-07-25T10:00:00Z",
"position": 1
}
],
"requestId": "req_news123",
"searchedAt": "2026-07-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}
}Tags
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