Locus Unemployment

{
  "caveats": [
    "BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.",
    "BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics - a reported government statistic, not seasonally adjusted, subject to revision.",
    "Locus does not characterize an area's economy as good, bad, strong, or weak; this is the reported rate only.",
    "A month may be unavailable (preliminary release timing or a lapse in appropriations); verify the latest figure with the cited BLS source."
  ],
  "citation": {
    "fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:10:04.522Z",
    "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUCN371830000000003"
  },
  "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
  "ok": true,
  "point": {
    "latitude": 35.780418000003195,
    "longitude": -78.63910200000142
  },
  "unemployment": {
    "area": "Wake County, NC",
    "available": true,
    "latest": {
      "month": "July",
      "ratePct": 3.2,
      "year": "2026"
    },
    "recent": [
      {
        "month": "July",
        "ratePct": 3.2,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "June",
        "ratePct": 3.1,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "May",
        "ratePct": 3,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "April",
        "ratePct": 3,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "March",
        "ratePct": 3,
        "year": "2026"
      },
      {
        "month": "February",
        "ratePct": 3.3,
        "year": "2026"
      }
    ],
    "seriesId": "LAUCN371830000000003"
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"address":"1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"}'

# 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.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"address":"1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"}' \
  | 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 $0.01 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%2Fapi.locus.report%2Fapi%2Flocus-unemployment&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"
  }),
});
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 $0.01 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://api.locus.report/api/locus-unemployment",
        json={
            "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)