News Search

Paid News Search proxy via x402 pay-per-use (HTTP 402).

Prerequisites: This skill requires x402-payment. Complete the setup steps before first use.

Security: Documentation only — no executable code or credentials. Wallet/keys stay on your machine; never stored here.

Service URLs

Endpoint (Agent Interface)

GET  /api/x402/news-search
POST /api/x402/news-search/post

Payment Flow (x402 Protocol)

1. First request (no PAYMENT-SIGNATURE) -> 402 Payment Required with requirements JSON
2. Client signs (EIP-712) -> PAYMENT-SIGNATURE
3. Retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE -> Server settles and returns JSON

With @springmint/x402-payment or x402-sdk-go, payment is automatic.

Quick Start (cURL)

Basic Search

curl -s "https://www.cpbox.io/api/x402/news-search?q=space+exploration" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Recent News (Past 24 Hours)

curl -s "https://www.cpbox.io/api/x402/news-search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=cybersecurity" \
  --data-urlencode "country=US" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=pd" \
  --data-urlencode "count=20"

Date Range Filter

curl -s "https://www.cpbox.io/api/x402/news-search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=climate summit" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=2026-01-01to2026-01-31"

Using with x402-payment

npx @springmint/x402-payment \
  --url https://www.cpbox.io/api/x402/news-search \
  --method GET

Parameters

Freshness Values

Response Format

{
  "type": "news",
  "query": {
    "original": "space exploration"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "news_result",
      "title": "New Developments in Space Exploration",
      "url": "https://news.example.com/space-exploration",
      "description": "Recent missions have advanced our understanding of...",
      "age": "2 hours ago",
      "page_age": "2026-01-15T14:30:00",
      "page_fetched": "2026-01-15T15:00:00Z",
      "meta_url": {
        "scheme": "https",
        "netloc": "news.example.com",
        "hostname": "news.example.com",
        "favicon": "https://imgs.search.provider/favicon/news.example.com",
        "path": "/space-exploration"
      },
      "thumbnail": {
        "src": "https://imgs.search.provider/..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Goggles (Custom Ranking)

Goggles let you re-rank news results — boost trusted outlets or suppress unwanted sources.

Hosted goggles should be hosted on a public URL and include ! name:, ! description:, ! author: headers. Inline rules need no registration.

Syntax: $boost=N / $downrank=N (1–10), $discard, $site=example.com. Combine with commas: $site=example.com,boost=3. Separate rules with \ (%0A).

Allow list: $discard\ $site=docs.python.org\ $site=developer.mozilla.org — Block list: $discard,site=pinterest.com\ $discard,site=quora.com

Resources: See your upstream provider's Goggles documentation.

Search Operators

Use search operators to refine results:

• site:local-paper.com - Limit to specific news site
• "exact phrase" - Match exact phrase
• -exclude - Exclude term

Set operators=false to disable operator parsing.

Use Cases

• Breaking news monitoring: Use freshness=pd for the most recent articles on a topic.
• Custom news feeds with Goggles: Boost trusted sources and discard other sources.
• Historical news research: Use freshness=YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD to find articles from specific time periods.
• Multilingual news: Combine country, search_lang, and ui_lang for cross-locale results.
• Data pipelines: Set include_fetch_metadata=true for fetched_content_timestamp on each result.

Notes

• SafeSearch: Defaults to strict
• Pagination: Use offset (0-9) with count
• Extra snippets: Up to 5 additional excerpts when extra_snippets=true