Locus public pay-per-use API

Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24

1 of 1checks answered this week

896 msmedian answer time

$0.09listed price per call

$0.09price 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

POST https://tavily.x402.paywithlocus.com/tavily/search

Category	Search and research
Provider host	tavily.x402.paywithlocus.com
Networks	eip155:8453
Payment schemes	exact
Self-reported calls, 30 days	27 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours)

Our checks, last 30 days

Day	Result	HTTP	Asked	Time
2026-09-24	valid payment request	402	$0.09	896 ms

Example input (from the provider)

{
  "body": {
    "query": "x402 discovery"
  },
  "bodyType": "json",
  "method": "POST",
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "properties": {
            "country": {
              "description": "Country code for search results (e.g. \"us\", \"gb\")",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "days": {
              "description": "Only return results from the last N days",
              "type": "number"
            },
            "exclude_domains": {
              "description": "Exclude results from these domains",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "include_answer": {
              "description": "Include AI-generated answer: true, false, or 'advanced'",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "include_domains": {
              "description": "Only include results from these domains",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "include_images": {
              "description": "Include related images in results",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "include_raw_content": {
              "description": "Include raw HTML content in results",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "max_results": {
              "description": "Maximum number of results (default 5)",
              "type": "number"
            },
            "query": {
              "description": "Search query",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "search_depth": {
              "description": "Search depth: 'basic' (default) or 'advanced'",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "topic": {
              "description": "Topic category: 'general' (default) or 'news'",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "query"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "bodyType": {
          "enum": [
            "json",
            "form-data",
            "text"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "POST"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method",
        "bodyType",
        "body"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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