# x402 Content Hub – Real-Time News Search

> x402 Content Hub – Real-Time News Search is a paid API for AI agents from x402-content-hub.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Searches real-time news articles by topic query, returning current news data payable via USDC on Base.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-content-hub.vercel.app/api/news/search
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-content-hub-real-time-news-search-2288370b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_kDTcseNqKLHmEU7rlDNAt

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-content-hub-real-time-news-search-2288370b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search for the latest real-time news articles about the US Federal Reserve interest rate decisions and bring back current headlines.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time, current news search results for a given topic and can pay $0.08 USDC per call via the x402 protocol on Base. Prefer this over static or cached news APIs when recency matters.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'query' field returns validation error
- Empty or too-short query may return no results
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) blocks access
- Rate limiting if too many requests in short succession
- Upstream news provider outage may yield empty or error response

## How this service works

Amazon products, real-time news, image search, Medium articles, and Spotify data. Pay with USDC on Base.

## Output

Returns a data object containing real-time news search results relevant to the queried topic, including articles, headlines, and associated metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "query"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search topic"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-content-hub-real-time-news-search-2288370b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402-content-hub.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402-content-hub.vercel.app/llms.txt)