Describe Image
by x402.forgemesh.io in Other
Image description API: detailed natural-language description of any image URL — subjects, setting, actions, visible text — from our locally-hosted vision engine. Use for image understanding, content cataloging, moderation pre-screening, and vision-blind agent workflows. Images processed in memory, never stored.
https://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image- Price
- $0.01
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 421 ms
- 529 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 4 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
How to call it
POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image
Each call costs $0.01 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://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image
content-type: application/json
{
"image_url": "https://x402.forgemesh.io/fixtures/photo.jpg"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
image_url | string | Yes | Public URL of the image (jpg/png/webp, max 8MB) |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"model": "moondream",
"text": "A teal rectangular graphic with the words FORGEMESH UTILITY GRID in bold white capital letters centered on it."
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"image_url":"https://x402.forgemesh.io/fixtures/photo.jpg"}'
# 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://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"image_url":"https://x402.forgemesh.io/fixtures/photo.jpg"}' \
| 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 $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
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 $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx402.forgemesh.io%2Fdescribe-image&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"image_url": "https://x402.forgemesh.io/fixtures/photo.jpg"
}),
});
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 $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://x402.forgemesh.io/describe-image",
json={
"image_url": "https://x402.forgemesh.io/fixtures/photo.jpg",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
No findings
We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 h ago | Passed | 402 | 481 ms | $0.01 |
| 8 h ago | Passed | 402 | 496 ms | $0.01 |
| 12 h ago | Passed | 402 | 385 ms | $0.01 |
| 17 h ago | Passed | 402 | 416 ms | $0.01 |
| 21 h ago | Passed | 402 | 442 ms | $0.01 |
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| 25 h ago | Passed | 402 | 456 ms | $0.01 |
| 29 h ago | Passed | 402 | 453 ms | $0.01 |
| 33 h ago | Passed | 402 | 448 ms | $0.01 |
| 37 h ago | Passed | 402 | 462 ms | $0.01 |
| 41 h ago | Passed | 402 | 529 ms | $0.01 |
| 44 h ago | Passed | 402 | 209 ms | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 2.2 s | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 429 ms | $0.01 |
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