Vibes ex machina
Vibes ex machina. Reviewed JSON per storyId: provider-neutral read-aloud/TTS directions, scenes, speakers and full public-domain text—not audio. IDs: /api/v1/stories.json. Revision 1.4+sha256.fba31ec3acf7; digest sha256:fba31ec3acf7ff53b667d11e3c9278c8d0a2981c1f498f4e27827e05325dc2eb; terms 1.2.0: https://api.textus.dev/api/v1/story-reading.terms.json
490000 (raw units)
price
1
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-08-25
updated
Provider
api.textus.dev · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0xa7dc8879743Df27c4937dF48e5281b67D279E5E6",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "490000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"method": "GET",
"pathParams": {
"storyId": "allerleirauh"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"cast": {},
"formatArchitecture": {
"role": "provider_neutral"
},
"originalText": {
"format": "paragraphs",
"paragraphs": [
"Complete purchased text."
]
},
"readingPolicy": {
"directionsAreSpoken": false
},
"scenes": [
{
"direction": "Editorial direction; not spoken.",
"id": "s01"
}
],
"schemaVersion": "1.4",
"speakerResolution": {},
"story": {
"id": "allerleirauh"
}
},
"format": "https://api.textus.dev/api/v1/story-reading.schema.json",
"type": "json"
}
},
"routeTemplate": "/api/v1/stories/:storyId/reading.json",
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "GET storyId; returns complete JSON. Errors: payment 402; unknown/unreleased 404; duplicate 409; temporary/reconciliation 503.",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"const": "GET"
},
"pathParams": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"storyId": {
"description": "Published story ID.",
"examples": [
"der-suesse-brei"
],
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"storyId"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"pathParams"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"format": {
"const": "https://api.textus.dev/api/v1/story-reading.schema.json"
},
"type": {
"const": "json"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"format",
"example"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input",
"output"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"textus": {
"code": "payment_required",
"message": "PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header is required.",
"requestId": "df762d94ba50805818166965",
"retryable": true,
"version": "1.0"
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://api.textus.dev/api/v1/stories/:storyId/reading.json" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://api.textus.dev/api/v1/stories/:storyId/reading.json");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://api.textus.dev/api/v1/stories/:storyId/reading.json")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
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