Citations Check Source Overlap
by Mekler AI in News & content
Check source overlap before counting corroboration. Supply 2-10 URLs, optional article HTML and citation chains. Returns duplicate URLs, shared links and supplied-source groups with locations. No fetching, truth or independence verdict. Schemas: /openapi.json.
https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap- Price
- $0.05
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 458 ms
- 2.6 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 5 min ago, next in 26 min
Reliability
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How to call it
POST https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap
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.
POST https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap
content-type: application/json
{
"citations": [
{
"html": "<a href=\"https://b.test\">Source</a>",
"id": "a",
"url": "https://a.test"
},
{
"id": "b",
"url": "https://b.test"
}
],
"claim": "Reported benefit"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
citations | array of object | Yes | |
claim | string | Yes |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 34 lines
{
"citation_link_candidates": [
{
"from_id": "a",
"locations": [
{
"anchor_text": "Source",
"column": 0,
"line": 1,
"target_url": "https://b.test/"
}
],
"status": "citation_link_candidate",
"to_id": "b"
}
],
"coverage": {
"citation_count": 2,
"html_document_count": 1
},
"independence": "unknown",
"limitations": [
"Citation overlap is a candidate, not proof of dependence."
],
"schema_version": "1",
"service": "citation-overlap-checker",
"shared_link_candidates": [],
"shared_origin_groups": [],
"supplied_lineage_links": [],
"unresolved_citation_ids": [
"a",
"b"
]
}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 -X POST 'https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"citations":[{"html":"<a href=\"https://b.test\">Source<\/a>","id":"a","url":"https://a.test"},{"id":"b","url":"https://b.test"}],"claim":"Reported benefit"}'
# 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.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"citations":[{"html":"<a href=\"https://b.test\">Source<\/a>","id":"a","url":"https://a.test"},{"id":"b","url":"https://b.test"}],"claim":"Reported benefit"}' \
| 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.mekler.ai%2Fv1%2Fresearch%2Fcitations%2Fcheck-source-overlap&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"citations": [
{
"html": "<a href=\"https://b.test\">Source<\/a>",
"id": "a",
"url": "https://a.test"
},
{
"id": "b",
"url": "https://b.test"
}
],
"claim": "Reported benefit"
}),
});
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.post(
"https://api.mekler.ai/v1/research/citations/check-source-overlap",
json={
"citations": [
{
"html": "<a href=\"https://b.test\">Source</a>",
"id": "a",
"url": "https://a.test",
},
{
"id": "b",
"url": "https://b.test",
},
],
"claim": "Reported benefit",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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