# WhatChuNeed Token Coins Lookup

> WhatChuNeed Token Coins Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from whatchuneed.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.15/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-27).

Retrieves cryptocurrency token and coin data via a natural-language input string

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://whatchuneed.vercel.app/api/token/coins?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.15/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-27
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/whatchuneed-token-coins-lookup-05338d7f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rqugA1NmOARbklyWHZ5Ff

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-token-coins-lookup-05338d7f -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the token and coin data for Ethereum using the WhatChuNeed API — I need its metadata and any available market info?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick pay-per-call cryptocurrency token and coin data without managing API keys or subscriptions, and when you are already operating within the x402 payment protocol ecosystem. It is suitable for lightweight, on-demand crypto lookups by agents that need token metadata without committing to a dedicated crypto data provider.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized token name returns empty result or error status
- Malformed input string may yield no matching coin data
- Service unavailability returns HTTP 402 or 5xx with no result
- Ambiguous query (e.g. common name with multiple tokens) may return unexpected coin
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request before processing

## 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 token/coin data such as metadata, identifiers, and market information for the queried cryptocurrency, 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-token-coins-lookup-05338d7f/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)