# whatchuneed Crawl Headlines

> whatchuneed Crawl Headlines is a paid API for AI agents from whatchuneed.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Crawls and retrieves current news headlines based on a user-supplied input query or topic.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/crawl/headlines
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/whatchuneed-crawl-headlines-cd8006c0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_gha47G0XyuDGlJQpzcQPS

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 whatchuneed-crawl-headlines-cd8006c0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you crawl the latest headlines about the US Federal Reserve interest rate decision and give me a summary of what's being reported?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a fast, pay-per-call way to retrieve current news headlines on a specific topic without managing API keys for multiple news providers. It is particularly useful for agents that need on-demand news lookups across a broad range of topics under a single unified payment interface using the x402 protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague input string may return irrelevant or no headlines
- Network or crawl timeout if target news sources are slow to respond
- Payment failure via x402 protocol if USDC balance is insufficient
- Malformed input (non-string types) may cause a 400-level error
- Rate limiting if the endpoint is called too frequently in quick succession

## How this service works

320+ pay-per-call API endpoints across accommodation, LLM, code execution, crypto, medical, finance, and more. One API, one payment. Powered by x402 protocol.

## Output

Returns a result object containing crawled headline data (titles, sources, or article snippets) related to the input query, along with a status string indicating success or failure.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request input"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "Response data"
  },
  "status": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/whatchuneed-crawl-headlines-cd8006c0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from whatchuneed.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/whatchuneed.vercel.app/llms.txt)