# WhatChuNeed News Utility Endpoint

> WhatChuNeed News Utility Endpoint 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 or searches news content based on a natural language input query, returning relevant news results

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/util/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-utility-endpoint-3fa9e9a2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ObEAIbBx3QRf3ngnDwrqJ

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-utility-endpoint-3fa9e9a2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the latest news about artificial intelligence breakthroughs and give me a summary of what's happening?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-call news search without managing API keys for a dedicated news provider like NewsAPI or Bing News. It is ideal for AI agents operating within the x402 micropayment ecosystem that need occasional news lookups as part of a broader workflow, at a low cost of $0.05 per call.

## Known failure modes

- Vague or ambiguous input query may return irrelevant or low-quality news results
- No news found for a very niche or highly specific query
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 protocol returns a 402 error
- Upstream news provider outage results in empty or error response
- Malformed input (non-string or missing 'input' field) returns a 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 data — likely including article titles, descriptions, sources, and publication dates — along with a status string 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-utility-endpoint-3fa9e9a2/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)