Series Cost Basket Weekly
by Frontera Signal in Markets & finance
Use when you need the recent direction and level of construction inputs priced for South Texas: framing lumber, studs, OSB, drywall, rebar, copper, Gulf Coast diesel, the 30-year mortgage rate and construction PPI. Weekly, dated, ranged. Not a bid or quote.
https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly- Price
- $0.05
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 578 ms
- 1.1 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 4 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly
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://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly?from=2026-W30&to=2026-W38Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
from | string | No | ISO week YYYY-Www |
to | string | No | ISO week YYYY-Www |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 27 lines
{
"fields": [
"week_id",
"input",
"direction",
"value",
"unit",
"as_of",
"source",
"freshness",
"so_what"
],
"rows": [
{
"as_of": "2026-07-24",
"direction": "up_near_1yr_high",
"freshness": "fresh",
"input": "lumber_framing",
"so_what": "Dated quote on 30-60d packages",
"source": "Frontera Signal",
"unit": "MBF",
"value": "~654",
"week_id": "2026-W30"
}
],
"series": "cost-basket-weekly"
}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://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly?from=2026-W30&to=2026-W38'
# 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://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly?from=2026-W30&to=2026-W38' \
| 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%2Ffronterasignal.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fseries%2Fcost-basket-weekly
const res = await pay("https://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly?from=2026-W30&to=2026-W38");
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://fronterasignal.com/api/v1/series/cost-basket-weekly?from=2026-W30&to=2026-W38")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
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| 4 h ago | Passed | 402 | 926 ms | $0.05 |
| 9 h ago | Passed | 402 | 588 ms | $0.05 |
| 14 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.1 s | $0.05 |
| 18 h ago | Passed | 402 | 603 ms | $0.05 |
| 23 h ago | Passed | 402 | 545 ms | $0.05 |
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| 27 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.0 s | $0.05 |
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| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 512 ms | $0.05 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 649 ms | $0.05 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 751 ms | $0.05 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 604 ms | $0.05 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 803 ms | $0.05 |
History
| 11 Oct 2026 | Price changed from $0.25 to $0.05 |