# x402 Social Intel – Medium Article Search

> x402 Social Intel – Medium Article Search is a paid API for AI agents from social-hub-v5.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches Medium articles by keyword or topic, returning relevant posts and metadata via a paid x402 API on Base mainnet.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://social-hub-v5.vercel.app/api/medium/search
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-medium-article-search-942079ae
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JmVeMu7oiAdv6QULIppxX

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-social-intel-medium-article-search-942079ae -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Medium for articles about decentralized finance and give me the top results including titles, authors, and links.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically search and retrieve Medium articles by topic or keyword without manual browsing, especially in automated research pipelines or content curation workflows where you're already using x402-compatible payment infrastructure on Base mainnet.

## Known failure modes

- Query returns no results if the topic is too obscure or niche
- Payment failure if the caller's EVM wallet on Base mainnet lacks sufficient USDC
- Rate limiting or blocking if Medium's scraping protections are triggered
- Stale or cached results if the underlying scraper hasn't refreshed recently
- HTTP 402 returned if x402 payment header is missing or malformed

## How this service works

Paid social media intelligence API — TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Website scraper. All endpoints EVM-only on Base mainnet.

## Output

A list of Medium articles matching the search query, typically including article titles, URLs, author names, publication dates, and brief descriptions or excerpts.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-social-intel-medium-article-search-942079ae/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from social-hub-v5.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/social-hub-v5.vercel.app/llms.txt)