# x402node Web Search

> x402node Web Search is a paid API for AI agents from web.x402node.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01, last successful call 2026-07-16).

Real-time web search returning ranked results with titles, URLs, and snippets, paid per call in USDC on Base with no API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://web.x402node.dev/api/web-search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Last successful call: 2026-07-16
- Success rate: 100% of calls made through Zero
- Rating: 3.3 / 5 from 1 review
- Activations on Zero: 1
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402node-web-search-edbd40ca
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QFUTw2hYkYaKzp4KaSDbG

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 x402node-web-search-edbd40ca -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the web for 'best open-source LLM frameworks in 2025' and give me the top results with titles and links.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs real-time web search results without any account setup, API key provisioning, or subscription — ideal for pay-as-you-go agent workflows that need current web data and can pay micro-amounts in USDC on Base.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty keyword field returns an error
- Insufficient USDC balance or failed x402 payment results in 402 Payment Required
- Network or upstream search provider outage may return 5xx errors
- Ambiguous or very short queries may return low-relevance snippets

## How this service works

Frictionless data access for AI agents - pay per call in USDC on Base, no account, no API key, no signup. Real-time search, page reading and structured extraction.

## Output

A JSON array of search result objects, each containing a 'link' (URL), 'title' (page title), and 'snippet' (short description of the page content).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "keyword": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "the search query"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "results": [
   {
    "link": "https://example.com",
    "title": "Example Title",
    "snippet": "Example snippet text."
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402node-web-search-edbd40ca/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from web.x402node.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/web.x402node.dev/llms.txt)