# WhatChuNeed News Search

> WhatChuNeed News Search is a paid API for AI agents from whatchuneed.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches for and retrieves current news articles based on a natural language query

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/search/news
- Price: $0.15/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-search-612420bb
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aAQJgxZNtjgDdu6dn8TaG

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-search-612420bb -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the news for the latest stories about the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions this week.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need pay-per-call news search without a subscription, especially within an x402-payment-enabled agent workflow. It's suitable for one-off or infrequent news lookups where a full news API subscription is overkill. At $0.15 USDC per call, it's cost-effective for low-volume queries in automated agent pipelines.

## Known failure modes

- Vague or empty input string returns no results or irrelevant articles
- Payment failure results in HTTP 402 response before processing
- Query for very niche or recent topics may return sparse results
- Service outage or upstream news provider failure returns error status
- 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

Returns a result object containing news articles or headlines matching the search query, along with a status field indicating success or failure. The result typically includes article titles, sources, and content snippets relevant to the input query.

## 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-search-612420bb/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)