Truth Bear · Gauge Chokepoint Region

import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

const account = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY);
const fetchWithPay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, account);

const res = await fetchWithPay("https://api.truthbear.co/gauge/chokepoint-region", {
  method: "GET",
});
const data = await res.json();

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.truthbear.co/gauge/chokepoint-region?loc=required+-+location+id%3B+full+list+at+free+%2Fgauge%2Fpreview" \
  -H "X-PAYMENT: <signed x402 payment>"

{
  "grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
  "legs": {
    "congestion": {
      "band": "no-coverage",
      "record_hash": "sha256:a2a9e86d3147cee9f7ecbeb797ae8717a73f734a04b77af195c0f33874b906cd",
      "source_ref": "https://aisstream.io/documentation"
    },
    "disruption": {
      "band": "operable",
      "record_hash": "sha256:5ced2956a016d5b4523e3eff6def79ee891f576ead9c805455c0df6b94df2bef",
      "source_ref": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/marine-weather-api"
    },
    "sea_state": {
      "band": null,
      "record_hash": "sha256:6210ac5c3a486067756bca585c841541397171e0310cd9bae667b8a848563b5b",
      "source_ref": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/marine-weather-api"
    },
    "transit": {
      "band": null,
      "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.",
  "provenance": {
    "age_hours_now": 135.4,
    "freshness": "recent",
    "freshness_basis": "cadence=default; fresh<=24h; recent<=192h; dead_source>1440h; age_basis=request-time(now minus observed_at)"
  },
  "scope": {
    "full": "https://api.truthbear.co/scope/v1",
    "intelligence_not_command": true,
    "monitoring_not_forecast": true,
    "verifiability": "unknown"
  }
}