[SIGNAL+PROOF] One official signal record for any signal_id and entity: current reading ag

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      "input": {
        "example": {
          "entity": "07010000",
          "format": "thin",
          "signal_id": "hydrology.river-level"
        },
        "exampleRequest": "/gauge?signal_id=hydrology.river-level&entity=07010000&format=thin",
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          "signal_id": "required - signal id in genus.species ASCII form (e.g. hydrology.river-level, crypto.spot, macro.unemployment, earthquak"
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      },
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            "gauge_height_ft": 30.69
          },
          "entity": "03255000",
          "entity_name": "Ohio River at Cincinnati, OH",
          "grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
          "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.",
          "observed_at": "2026-08-25T04:00:00.000Z",
          "provenance": {
            "age_hours_now": 23,
            "freshness": "fresh",
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curl "https://api.truthbear.co/gauge"
# -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay
# retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid

const res = await fetch("https://api.truthbear.co/gauge");
if (res.status === 402) {
  const { accepts } = await res.json();
  // pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}

import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://api.truthbear.co/gauge")
if res.status_code == 402:
    accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
    # pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header