{"uid":"cap_5CPyUa8s0oBQmpOCKKwou","slug":"autogrok-desk-url-probe-585ab8da","name":"AUTOGROK Desk — URL Probe","description":"Paid micro-jobs for AI agents and people: URL probe, page extract, watch once, JSON shape, researched brief. Pay per call with x402 (USDC on Base) or with prepaid card packs (Stripe MPP).","url":"https://desk.grokaiapps.com/v1/jobs/url-probe?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"url":{"type":"string","format":"uri","description":"Public http(s) URL to probe"},"method":{"enum":["HEAD","GET"],"type":"string","description":"Prefer HEAD (default); GET peeks at most 8KB"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"ok":true,"url":"https://example.com/","status":200,"finalUrl":"https://example.com/","elapsedMs":120,"methodUsed":"HEAD","redirected":false,"contentType":"text/html","contentLength":null}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.03","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.03/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.03","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.03","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_iBgXS6Cfo32hlwbk_yBvX","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.03","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Probes a public URL via HEAD or GET to return HTTP status, content type, redirect chain, and latency metadata.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Can you probe https://api.example.com/health and tell me if it's returning 200 OK, what content type it serves, and whether it redirects anywhere — use HEAD so we don't download the full body?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Broken link checker for content pipeline","prompt":"Check whether https://blog.example.com/old-post is still returning a 200 or if it's now a 404 or redirect — just a HEAD probe so it's fast."},{"title":"Confirm third-party API is live before job run","prompt":"Before I kick off the data pipeline, probe https://partner-api.example.com/v2/ping with a HEAD request and tell me the status code and response time."},{"title":"Detect redirect destination for URL normalization","prompt":"I need to know where https://t.co/abc123 actually resolves to — probe it and give me the final URL and whether it redirected."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a JSON object with: ok (boolean), url (original), status (HTTP status code), finalUrl (post-redirect destination), elapsedMs (round-trip latency in milliseconds), methodUsed (HEAD or GET), redirected (boolean), contentType, and contentLength (may be null for HEAD responses).","failureModes":["Non-public or firewall-blocked URLs may return connection errors or timeouts","URLs requiring authentication will return 401/403 without credentials","DNS resolution failures for invalid or offline hostnames","GET method capped at 8KB so content beyond that is not inspected","Malformed or non-HTTP URLs rejected by URI format validation"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need a lightweight, fast HTTP reachability check — status code, redirect resolution, and content-type sniffing — without downloading full page content. Ideal for link validation, uptime checks, and pre-flight checks before heavier extraction jobs. Use HEAD for speed; GET if you need a peek at content type with a small body sample. Prefer this over full page extraction endpoints when you do not need page content.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-11T12:43:06.123Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"autogrok-desk-url-probe-585ab8da"}