# WhatChuNeed News Data API

> WhatChuNeed News Data API is a paid API for AI agents from whatchuneed.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches news data based on a natural language or keyword input query via a pay-per-call API

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/data/news
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/whatchuneed-news-data-api-5a3d6a4d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_94StjKM9tjM7pbt8_znBA

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-news-data-api-5a3d6a4d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest news on electric vehicle battery breakthroughs and give me a summary of what's being reported?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, pay-per-call news lookup without managing API keys or subscriptions. Ideal for AI agents that need ad-hoc news retrieval on diverse topics with a simple natural-language input interface and USDC micropayment billing via the x402 protocol.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague input string may return irrelevant or no results
- Network or upstream news source unavailability may cause failed responses
- Overly broad queries may return low-relevance results
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 response with no data
- Malformed request body missing required 'input' field returns validation error

## 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

A result object containing news data such as articles, headlines, or summaries relevant 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-news-data-api-5a3d6a4d/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)