Use when an agent needs a sourced answer to a question from the live web in one
Use when an agent needs a sourced answer to a question from the live web in one call. Input: q (question), optional time_range (day, week, month, year). Output: JSON answer (English, inline [n] citations), citations [{url, title, quote}], confidence, notes, sources read. Searches, reads the top 4 pages itself and answers only from them. Provider or model failure is not charged. Example: ?q=what+is+the+x402+payment+protocol
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-31
2 of 2checks answered this week
436 msmedian answer time
$0.012listed price per call
$0.012price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://1gateway.dev/v1/web/answer
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | 1gateway.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.012 | 437 ms |
| 2026-10-29 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.012 | 435 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"q": "x402 payment protocol",
"time_range": "month"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"q": {
"description": "Search query",
"examples": [
"x402 payment protocol"
],
"maxLength": 300,
"type": "string"
},
"time_range": {
"description": "Only results from the past day, week, month or year",
"enum": [
"day",
"week",
"month",
"year"
],
"examples": [
"month"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"answer": {
"type": "string"
},
"attribution": {
"type": "string"
},
"cached": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"citations": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"quote": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"confidence": {
"type": "string"
},
"model": {
"type": "string"
},
"notes": {
"type": "null"
},
"provider": {
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"type": "string"
},
"retrievedAt": {
"type": "string"
},
"sources": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"n": {
"type": "integer"
},
"publishedAt": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"upstreamCostUsd": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"answer",
"citations",
"confidence",
"notes",
"sources",
"provider",
"model",
"retrievedAt",
"attribution",
"cached",
"upstreamCostUsd"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}