Catalog
by api.melvea.com in AI models & inference
Structured varietal data and verifiable research provenance for 150+ honey varieties, including the obscure long tail foundation models get wrong. Every compositional datum resolves to a real, published source (DOI/PMID). Per variety: color grade (USDA Pfund band with measured or estimated source), intensity, flavor profile, texture, use cases, best-for pairing tags, primary and secondary countries, and a citation_count pointing to the paid citations endpoint. Melvea IP only.
https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalog- Price
- $0.05
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 97.7%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 1.3 s
- 2.5 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Failed
- 2 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
Latest check failed 2 h ago: Timed out
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How to call it
GET https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalog
Each call costs $0.05 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalogExample response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 32 lines
{
"varieties": [
{
"best_for": [
"raw",
"toast"
],
"citation_count": 5,
"citations_endpoint": "/v1/varieties/manuka/citations",
"color_grade": "Amber",
"color_gradeable": true,
"flavor_profile_enum": "complex",
"intensity_level": "bold",
"name": "Manuka",
"origin_regions": [
"New Zealand"
],
"pfund_source": "measured",
"pfund_value": 95,
"primary_countries": [
"NZL"
],
"secondary_countries": [],
"slug": "manuka",
"texture": "liquid",
"use_cases": [
"raw",
"wellness"
]
}
]
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.05.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalog'
# 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 - 'https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalog' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// 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 $0.05 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.05" });
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 $0.05 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.melvea.com%2Fv1%2Fcatalog
const res = await pay("https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalog");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# 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 $0.05 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.05"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://api.melvea.com/v1/catalog")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
1 finding
- Payment address changed recently in payment
Payment address changed from 0x7fD326d67b5E0CFd795d355016596404E0ee6EBD to 0xEAeC005E1220c75dF196C93dA5833e6aEe1F93E3
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 h ago | Timed out | - | - | - |
| 9 h ago | Passed | 402 | 821 ms | $0.05 |
| 16 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.5 s | $0.05 |
| 23 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.3 s | $0.05 |
| 30 h ago | Passed | 402 | 718 ms | $0.05 |
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| 36 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.5 s | $0.05 |
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| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 1.2 s | $0.05 |
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| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 826 ms | $0.05 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 1.6 s | $0.05 |
| 4 days ago | Passed | 402 | 977 ms | $0.05 |
History
| 26 Oct 2026 | Payment address changed from 0x7fD326d67b5E0CFd795d355016596404E0ee6EBD to 0xEAeC005E1220c75dF196C93dA5833e6aEe1F93E3 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Payment address changed from 0x3140F4220aC994C15655FdBb8Ab5Be3AB17bf04D to 0x7fD326d67b5E0CFd795d355016596404E0ee6EBD |
| 26 Oct 2026 | Payment address changed from 0xC7828a38b535a3ef8225C040824A7A62123aF8Ac to 0x3140F4220aC994C15655FdBb8Ab5Be3AB17bf04D |
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