Ca Contractor Lookup

{
  "next_page": null,
  "page": 0,
  "page_size": 25,
  "rows": [
    {
      "address": "1933 WILLIAMS STREET",
      "bond_amount": "25,000",
      "bond_number": "354811",
      "business_name": "RANSOME COMPANY",
      "business_type": "Corporation",
      "city": "SAN LEANDRO",
      "classifications": [
        "A",
        "C10"
      ],
      "expiration_date": "10/31/2027",
      "has_detail": true,
      "issue_date": "07/01/1932",
      "license_number": "22726",
      "matched_by": "license_number",
      "name_type": null,
      "phone": "(510) 686-9900",
      "source_url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/onlineservices/checklicenseII/LicenseDetail.aspx?LicNum=22726",
      "state": "CA",
      "status": "active",
      "status_text": "This license is current and active.",
      "surety_company": "HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY",
      "workers_comp_company": "TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA",
      "workers_comp_type": "Insurance",
      "zip_code": "94577"
    },
    {
      "address": null,
      "bond_amount": null,
      "bond_number": null,
      "business_name": "RANSOME GAS INDUSTRIES INC",
      "business_type": null,
      "city": "SAN LEANDRO",
      "classifications": [],
      "expiration_date": null,
      "has_detail": false,
      "issue_date": null,
      "license_number": "257884",
      "matched_by": "business_name",
      "name_type": "DBA",
      "phone": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/checklicenseII/LicenseDetail.aspx?LicNum=257884",
      "state": null,
      "status": "expired",
      "status_text": "Expired",
      "surety_company": null,
      "workers_comp_company": null,
      "workers_comp_type": null,
      "zip_code": null
    },
    {
      "address": null,
      "bond_amount": null,
      "bond_number": null,
      "business_name": "RANSOME PHIL",
      "business_type": null,
      "city": "ESCONDIDO",
      "classifications": [],
      "expiration_date": null,
      "has_detail": false,
      "issue_date": null,
      "license_number": "82180",
      "matched_by": "business_name",
      "name_type": "DBA",
      "phone": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/checklicenseII/LicenseDetail.aspx?LicNum=82180",
      "state": null,
      "status": "expired",
      "status_text": "Expired",
      "surety_company": null,
      "workers_comp_company": null,
      "workers_comp_type": null,
      "zip_code": null
    }
  ],
  "service": "ca-contractor-lookup"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-lookup' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"license_number":"22726"}'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-lookup' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"license_number":"22726"}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.04 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.04" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.04 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.scrapebench.dev%2Fv1%2Fca-contractor-lookup&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-lookup", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "license_number": "22726"
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.04 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.04"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://api.scrapebench.dev/v1/ca-contractor-lookup",
        json={
            "license_number": "22726",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)