{"uid":"cap_APs00gQ4i63LfLk1YUyvC","slug":"weblens-search-api-4201d9b8","name":"WebLens Search API","description":"# WebLens - Web Intelligence API, pay per call\n\nScrape, crawl, map and extract the web. No account, no API key, no monthly\nminimum — you pay for the calls you make and nothing else.\n\n## Pricing\nPage fetching starts at **$0.002**, whole-site crawling at\n**$0.0015/page**, and sitemap discovery at **$0.004**.\nComparable services bill $0.007-0.008 per request, or reach a lower per-page\nrate only on a $99/month commitment. WebLens has no commitment to reach.\n\n## Payment Protocol\nAll paid endpoints use the [x402 protocol](https://x402.org) for HTTP-native\nmicropayments (USDC on Base).\n\n## Cache Discount\nCached responses are **70% cheaper** than fresh fetches.","url":"https://api.weblens.dev/search?utm_source=zero.xyz","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"limit":{"type":"number","default":10,"example":10,"maximum":20,"minimum":1,"description":"Maximum results to return"},"query":{"type":"string","example":"x402 payment protocol","maxLength":500,"minLength":1,"description":"Search query"},"contentChars":{"type":"number","default":8000,"maximum":20000,"minimum":500,"description":"Per-page content character cap"},"contentResults":{"type":"number","default":5,"maximum":10,"minimum":1,"description":"How many top results to fetch content for (when includeContent)"},"includeContent":{"type":"boolean","default":false,"description":"Also fetch the top result pages as markdown (+$0.0015 per fetched result)"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"query":"x402 payment protocol","results":[{"url":"https://x402.org","title":"x402 Documentation","snippet":"HTTP-native micropayments..."}],"requestId":"req_search456","searchedAt":"2026-01-26T12:00:00.000Z"}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.015","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":"$0.015/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.015","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.015","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_VW3hKXzSlZe8YAqKHxvxC","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.015","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Performs AI-powered web searches and returns ranked results with URLs, titles, and snippets","exampleAgentPrompt":"Search the web for 'x402 payment protocol' and give me the top results with titles and URLs.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Research competitor product launches","prompt":"Search the web for recent announcements about OpenAI's new product releases and give me the top results with titles and snippets."},{"title":"Find technical documentation references","prompt":"Look up 'Ethereum EIP-4844 blob transactions' on the web and return the most relevant pages with their URLs and descriptions."},{"title":"Monitor industry news on a topic","prompt":"Search the web for the latest news about 'USDC stablecoin regulatory changes' and show me the top results."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing the original query, an array of ranked search results each with a URL, page title, and text snippet, plus a unique requestId and a searchedAt timestamp indicating when the search was performed.","failureModes":["Invalid or empty query string returns a 400 error","Rate limiting or payment failure returns a 402 Payment Required response","Downstream web index unavailability may return 503 Service Unavailable","Queries that match no results return an empty results array","Malformed POST body returns a 400 Bad Request"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose WebLens Search when you need AI-curated web search results with a pay-per-use micropayment model (x402/USDC), especially when you want fresh or cached web intelligence without committing to a subscription. Prefer it over traditional search APIs when operating in an autonomous agent context that supports HTTP-native payments and needs structured JSON results with URL, title, and snippet fields.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-23T01:36:40.652Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"weblens-search-api-4201d9b8"}