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x402-toolbox Lobsters Hottest News
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x402-toolbox Lobsters Hottest News is a paid API for AI agents from x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-29).
Fetches the hottest (trending) stories currently on Lobste.rs tech news aggregator via a pay-per-call x402 micropayment endpoint
Price / call$0.002
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
309 deterministic pay-per-call tools for AI agents over x402 (USDC, Base). No signup, no API key: the payment is the identity.
Output
Returns a JSON payload with ok and paid confirmation flags along with a list of the currently hottest stories on Lobste.rs, likely including titles, URLs, scores, authors, tags, and timestamps for each trending submission.
Example use cases
Daily developer news briefing
“Give me a rundown of the hottest tech stories on Lobste.rs today — what is the developer community buzzing about?”
Tech trend monitoring for newsletter
“Pull the trending Lobste.rs posts so I can see what topics are heating up for my weekly tech newsletter digest.”
Competitive tech topic research
“What are the most popular links on Lobsters right now? I want to see which programming languages or tools are getting the most attention today.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/news/lobsters-hottest?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need real-time trending content specifically from the Lobste.rs tech-focused link aggregator community, which skews toward systems programming, open source, and developer tooling. Prefer this over generic news APIs when the target audience is technically sophisticated developers, or when you want community-curated tech links rather than algorithmically ranked mainstream tech news. The x402 micropayment model means no API key management is required — suitable for autonomous agents.
Side effects
- Payment not included or insufficient USDC — returns HTTP 402 requiring x402 payment
- Lobste.rs upstream unavailable — endpoint may return an error or empty result
- Malformed schema parameter — may return validation error
- Rate limiting or worker timeout on Cloudflare edge — transient 5xx error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| schema | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"paid": true
}
}Tags
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