# x402 Alpha Scraper - Gas Recommendation

> x402 Alpha Scraper - Gas Recommendation is a paid API for AI agents from x402-alpha-scraper.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns a gas price recommendation for trading bots, gated behind a $0.05 USDC micropayment via the x402 protocol

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-alpha-scraper.vercel.app/api/gas/recommendation?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-alpha-scraper-gas-recommendation-c0a21647
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EOKs4db911AIY6UgC62AL

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 x402-alpha-scraper-gas-recommendation-c0a21647 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Get me the current gas price recommendation from the x402 Alpha Scraper so my trading bot can set the optimal fee for its next on-chain transaction.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when your trading bot needs a paid, curated gas price recommendation signal rather than raw public RPC data; particularly useful when you want alpha-quality gas fee suggestions gated by micropayment to ensure data quality and access control.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or invalid x402 payment header — 402 Payment Required response
- Insufficient USDC balance — payment rejected
- Network or Vercel deployment downtime — 503 or timeout
- Malformed POST body — 400 Bad Request
- Stale or unavailable gas data from upstream source — may return error or outdated value

## How this service works

Paid alpha data for trading bots

## Output

A gas price recommendation (likely in gwei or similar unit) intended for automated trading bots, returned after a $0.05 USDC micropayment is processed via the x402 protocol.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-alpha-scraper-gas-recommendation-c0a21647/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-alpha-scraper.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-alpha-scraper.vercel.app/llms.txt)