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Returns x402 Bazaar category heat map: every listing in the latest daily full-catalogue snapshot classified into 9 categories (search/scrape, crypto-data, ai-inference, social-data, verification, compute/browser, agent-tools, enrichment, other) with listing counts, settled 30d calls, unique payers and listing share per category. $0.003.","url":"https://api.oblique.markets/api/v1/paid/bazaar-category-heat","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"properties":{"type":"string"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json","example":{"as_of":"2026-08-10","categories":[{"share":0.2902,"category":"crypto-data","listings":4210,"calls_30d":98230,"payers_30d":8120},{"share":0.1468,"category":"search/scrape","listings":2130,"calls_30d":61450,"payers_30d":4530},{"share":0.1303,"category":"ai-inference","listings":1890,"calls_30d":40110,"payers_30d":3010},{"share":0.0855,"category":"agent-tools","listings":1240,"calls_30d":18990,"payers_30d":1470},{"share":0.0676,"category":"social-data","listings":980,"calls_30d":12840,"payers_30d":990},{"share":0.0524,"category":"enrichment","listings":760,"calls_30d":9210,"payers_30d":640},{"share":0.0372,"category":"compute/browser","listings":540,"calls_30d":7350,"payers_30d":480},{"share":0.0283,"category":"verification","listings":410,"calls_30d":5120,"payers_30d":350},{"share":0.1617,"category":"other","listings":2345,"calls_30d":4890,"payers_30d":410}],"generated_at":"2026-08-10T12:00:00.000Z"}},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.003","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":"$0.003/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.003","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_PD0n67yAjHqN_pKa9RI7t","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.003","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns a daily snapshot of the x402 Bazaar catalogue broken down by 9 categories, with listing counts, 30-day settled calls, unique payers, and listing share per category.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Pull the latest x402 Bazaar category heat map and tell me which of the 9 categories has the highest share of settled 30-day calls and how many unique payers each one has.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Marketplace demand research for new listing","prompt":"I'm about to list a new AI inference API on the x402 Bazaar — can you pull the category heat map and tell me how saturated the ai-inference category is compared to enrichment and agent-tools, including listing counts and 30-day call volumes?"},{"title":"Investor briefing on x402 ecosystem health","prompt":"For my weekly crypto API market update, give me the full x402 Bazaar category breakdown from the latest snapshot — I need listing counts, settled 30-day calls, unique payers, and each category's share of the total catalogue."},{"title":"Competitive intelligence for marketplace strategy","prompt":"Which x402 Bazaar categories are underserved right now? 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Prefer this over individual listing endpoints when the goal is category-level distribution or demand signals rather than details about a specific listing or seller.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T12:54:47.426Z","isFirstParty":false}