# zaref.dev South African PPI History

> zaref.dev South African PPI History is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Returns the full historical time series of South African Producer Price Index (final manufactured goods) as a sequence of dated data points.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/ppi/history?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-ppi-history-5c57f45a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Mp9np-h9QQR916hLvcVy2

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 zaref-dev-south-african-ppi-history-5c57f45a
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the full historical record of South Africa's Producer Price Index for final manufactured goods from zaref.dev so I can see how PPI has changed over time?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the complete historical time series of South African PPI for final manufactured goods, not just the current value. Prefer this over a snapshot endpoint when building charts, trend analyses, or inflation models that require multiple dated observations.

## Known failure modes

- No data available yet — empty array if series has no records
- Authentication/payment failure — 402 Payment Required if x402 payment not provided
- Network or server error — 5xx response if upstream service unavailable
- Malformed request — 400 if query parameters are invalid

## How this service works

History of South African PPI (final manufactured goods): dated points accumulating with every verified update.

## Output

An array of dated data points representing the historical South African PPI (final manufactured goods), where each point includes a date and the corresponding index value, accumulating all verified updates over time.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "points": [
   {
    "date": "2026-06-04",
    "value": "..."
   }
  ],
  "series": "ppi"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-ppi-history-5c57f45a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from zaref.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/zaref.dev/llms.txt)