# zaref.dev South African Repo & Prime Rate History

> zaref.dev South African Repo & Prime Rate History is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).

Returns a complete dated history of South African repo and prime interest rates, with every verified rate change accumulated over time.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/repo-prime/history?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-17
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-repo-prime-rate-history-4b7612b0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ahMv6PKA5o-s7Vq6jCMnO

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-repo-prime-rate-history-4b7612b0
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the full history of South Africa's repo and prime interest rates from zaref.dev, so I can see every rate change and when it happened?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the full historical series of South African repo and prime rates — not just the current rate. Ideal for trend analysis, charting rate cycles, compliance checks referencing past rates, or enriching financial models with SA monetary policy history. Prefer over current-rate endpoints when temporal context or rate-change timing matters.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 if x402 payment header is missing or payment fails
- HTTP 429 if rate limit is exceeded
- HTTP 500 if the upstream data source is unavailable
- Empty or partial dataset if no verified updates have been recorded yet

## How this service works

History of South African Repo & prime rate: dated points accumulating with every verified update.

## Output

An ordered list of dated data points representing each historical repo and prime rate value, accumulating every verified update — giving a complete time-series of South African interest rate changes from SARB monetary policy decisions.

## 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": "repo-prime"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-repo-prime-rate-history-4b7612b0/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)