Geopolitical Regional Brief

{
  "active_flashpoints": [
    {
      "intensity": "EXTREME",
      "issue": "Israel-Hamas conflict",
      "location": "Gaza",
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "intensity": "HIGH",
      "issue": "Hezbollah-Israel tensions, economic collapse",
      "location": "Lebanon",
      "trend": "escalating"
    },
    {
      "intensity": "HIGH",
      "issue": "Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping",
      "location": "Yemen",
      "trend": "stable"
    }
  ],
  "analyst_summary": "The Middle East enters a period of multi-front instability with Gaza at the center...",
  "major_power_competition": {
    "china_presence": "Saudi-Iran broker, Belt and Road",
    "us_presence": "Declining but significant"
  },
  "region": "Middle East",
  "region_stability_label": "VOLATILE",
  "region_stability_score": 32,
  "six_month_outlook": "DETERIORATING"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://geopoliticalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/geopolitical/regional-brief?region=World+region+to+brief+%7C+Middle+East+%7C+Eastern+Europe+%7C+Central+Asia+%7C+East+Asia+%7C+Southeast+Asia+%7C+South+Asia+%7C+and+14+more'

# 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://geopoliticalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/geopolitical/regional-brief?region=World+region+to+brief+%7C+Middle+East+%7C+Eastern+Europe+%7C+Central+Asia+%7C+East+Asia+%7C+Southeast+Asia+%7C+South+Asia+%7C+and+14+more' \
  | 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 $0.15 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.15" });
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 $0.15 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeopoliticalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Fgeopolitical%2Fregional-brief
const res = await pay("https://geopoliticalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/geopolitical/regional-brief?region=World+region+to+brief+%7C+Middle+East+%7C+Eastern+Europe+%7C+Central+Asia+%7C+East+Asia+%7C+Southeast+Asia+%7C+South+Asia+%7C+and+14+more");
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 $0.15 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.15"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://geopoliticalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/geopolitical/regional-brief?region=World+region+to+brief+%7C+Middle+East+%7C+Eastern+Europe+%7C+Central+Asia+%7C+East+Asia+%7C+Southeast+Asia+%7C+South+Asia+%7C+and+14+more")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)