# x402 Content Hub – Spotify Artist Lookup

> x402 Content Hub – Spotify Artist Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from x402-content-hub.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves Spotify artist data by artist ID, payable with USDC on Base via the x402 protocol

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402-content-hub.vercel.app/api/spotify/artist
- 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/x402-content-hub-spotify-artist-lookup-39c92c65
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_UdreA7FSHkyeS8Km_jhAR

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-spotify-artist-lookup-39c92c65 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the Spotify artist profile for artist ID 6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to retrieve Spotify artist profile data programmatically and are willing to pay per-call in USDC via the x402 protocol. Prefer this over building your own Spotify API integration when you want a lightweight, pay-as-you-go approach without managing OAuth credentials.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Spotify artist ID returns an error or empty data
- Missing required 'id' field in request body causes a 400 bad request
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance results in a 402 Payment Required response
- Spotify API upstream outage may cause 500 or timeout errors
- Malformed artist ID string may return empty or null data object

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing Spotify artist data (profile information, metadata, popularity, genres, followers, images, etc.) for the requested artist ID.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "id"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "id": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Spotify artist ID"
  }
 }
}
```

## 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-spotify-artist-lookup-39c92c65/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)