[4-LEG] Maritime chokepoint passage chain, one chokepoint (?loc=hormuz, suez, panama, mala
[4-LEG] Maritime chokepoint passage chain, one chokepoint (?loc=hormuz, suez, panama, malacca and more): leading sea state against operating thresholds -> current anchorage congestion, vessels waiting -> realized daily transits from IMF PortWatch (confirmation gate). A chain, not one reading: confidence = how many legs are lit, in order. Sources: IMF PortWatch, NOAA, Open-Meteo. Descriptive only, never a forecast or advice. No data -> 422 no_charge, not billed. $0.25 per call.
250000 (raw units)
price
19
calls / 30d
2
unique payers
2026-09-07
updated
Provider
api.truthbear.co · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
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]Output schema
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"info": {
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"example": {
"format": "thin",
"loc": "hormuz"
},
"exampleRequest": "/gauge/chokepoint-region?loc=hormuz&format=thin",
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"loc": "required - location id; full list at free /gauge/preview"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
"legs": {
"congestion": {
"band": "no-coverage",
"record_hash": "sha256:a2a9e86d3147cee9f7ecbeb797ae8717a73f734a04b77af195c0f33874b906cd",
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},
"transit": {
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"record_hash": "sha256:699bbca83ca77e0570a48c767d25e174e37cf51ceed012b13793f3c485ddc1f6",
"source_ref": "IMF PortWatch Daily_Chokepoints_Data portid=chokepoint6(Strait of Hormuz,2026-08-21)"
}
},
"name": "Strait of Hormuz",
"nature": "This API supplies data organisation and trend description only. It is not a recommendation to act; the decision is yours. Purely descriptive - no judgement, no prediction. Official source plus record_hash; verify with the free /gauge/verify.",
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"monitoring_not_forecast": true,
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"queryParams": {
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"properties": {
"loc": {
"description": "required - location id; full list at free /gauge/preview",
"examples": [
"suez-redsea",
"panama-pacific",
"malacca",
"hormuz",
"goodhope",
"channel"
],
"type": "string",
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"required": [
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}
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://api.truthbear.co/gauge/chokepoint-region" # -> 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.truthbear.co/gauge/chokepoint-region");
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.truthbear.co/gauge/chokepoint-region")
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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