Payments
Pay for an API call with x402
Call an API that charges per request with x402: set the most it is worth, let the app plan and simulate the payment, pay inside the rules, and report the receipt with the answer.
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Find a pay-per-call API
Find a pay-per-call API for a job in the x402 Bazaar: what it returns, what it costs per call, which network it settles on, and whether it is worth paying for. Pays nothing.
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A job needs data or a service the bot has no connector for — token prices, an enrichment, a search, an inference — and somebody may sell it per call over x402.
What your bot will do
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Say what the job needs in a few words and search for it with find_paid_services (or the x402 Bazaar connector). Try two or three phrasings; listings use the seller's words, not yours.
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For each candidate note: what one call returns, the price per call, the network and asset it settles in, and who runs it.
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Put the ones this bot can pay first — those that accept its network (wallet_status names it). Say plainly when the best one cannot be paid from this wallet.
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Weigh it against the free route: a public page, a connector the person already has. A paid call that saves nothing is not worth a payment.
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Recommend one, with its price per call and what a day of the job would cost at that price.
This finds; it never pays. Calling the service is the next step, under the bot's spending rules.
The file
---name: find-paid-apidescription: "Find a pay-per-call API for a job in the x402 Bazaar: what it returns, what it costs per call, which network it settles on, and whether it is worth paying for. Pays nothing."metadata: title: "Find a pay-per-call API" category: payments tags: [x402, payments, research]--- ## When to use this A job needs data or a service the bot has no connector for -- token prices,an enrichment, a search, an inference -- and somebody may sell it per callover x402. ## How 1. Say what the job needs in a few words and search for it with find_paid_services (or the x402 Bazaar connector). Try two or three phrasings; listings use the seller's words, not yours.2. For each candidate note: what one call returns, the price per call, the network and asset it settles in, and who runs it.3. Put the ones this bot can pay first -- those that accept its network (wallet_status names it). Say plainly when the best one cannot be paid from this wallet.4. Weigh it against the free route: a public page, a connector the person already has. A paid call that saves nothing is not worth a payment.5. Recommend one, with its price per call and what a day of the job would cost at that price. This finds; it never pays. Calling the service is the next step, under thebot's spending rules.