# 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 news articles based on a natural language query and returns relevant results

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/news/search
- 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-e78c0809
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rbvYYvqPHzyNsfRSgGHfK

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-e78c0809 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search for the latest news about the Federal Reserve interest rate decision and give me a summary of what reporters are saying.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need pay-per-call news search without a subscription, especially in agent workflows using the x402 protocol where per-request micropayments in USDC are preferred over monthly API keys. Suitable for one-off or infrequent news lookups across diverse topics.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or vague query returning no results
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 protocol
- Service unavailability returning an error status
- Malformed input causing a bad request response
- Query too broad returning low-relevance articles

## 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 search results relevant to the input query, along with a status field indicating success or failure of the request.

## 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-e78c0809/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)