Orthogonal

Orthogonal Tako API

The Tako API from Orthogonal — 6 operation(s) for tako.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 6

POST /tako/v1/beta/visualize Turn your own data into interactive Tako Knowledge Card visualizations. Provide data as CSV strings and a natural language query describing what to visualize. Tako auto-selects the #
POST /tako/v1/knowledge_search Search for data visualizations using natural language. Ask any question about finance, economics, demographics, sports, politics, climate, or health and get back interactive knowle #
POST /tako/v1/thin_viz/create/ Create a custom embeddable knowledge card from your own data by specifying chart components directly. Returns card_id, image_url, webpage_url, and embed_url. Use List Default Schem #
GET /tako/v1/tako_tools_description Get descriptions of Tako search tool capabilities and available data topics. Returns what types of data Tako can search across (finance, economics, demographics, sports, politics, #
GET /tako/v1/beta/chart_insights Analyze a Tako Knowledge Card and get AI-generated insights. Returns plain-text observations about trends, growth rates, comparisons, and anomalies in the data. Use this after Know #
GET /tako/v1/thin_viz/default_schema/ List all available chart/visualization templates that can be used with the Create Card endpoint. Returns schema names (e.g. stock_card, bar_chart, pie_chart, choropleth, treemap, h #

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OpenAPI Specification

orthogonal-tako-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Orthogonal API Marketplace Tako API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Discoverable APIs payable over MPP (Machine Payments Protocol / Tempo), x402, and np (Circle Gateway Nanopayments, x402 v2).
servers:
- url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com
  description: MPP (Tempo) rail
- url: https://x402.orthogonal.com
  description: x402 rail
- url: https://np.orthogonal.com
  description: np (Circle Gateway, x402 v2) rail
tags:
- name: Tako
paths:
  /tako/v1/beta/visualize:
    post:
      operationId: tako_POST__v1_beta_visualize
      summary: 'Turn your own data into interactive Tako Knowledge Card visualizations. Provide data as CSV strings and a natural language query describing what to visualize. Tako auto-selects the best chart type or you can specify one. Returns a knowledge card with chart image, interactive webpage, and embed URLs. Example: {"csv": ["quarter,revenue\nQ1,100\nQ2,200\nQ3,300"], "query": "Show revenue growth as a bar chart"}'
      tags:
      - Tako
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '402':
          description: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)
      x-payment-info:
        price: 0.023
        offers:
        - method: mpp
          intent: charge
          rail: tempo
          currency: USDC.e
          url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/beta/visualize
        - method: x402
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          url: https://x402.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/beta/visualize
        - method: np
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          settlement: circle-gateway
          version: x402-v2
          url: https://np.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/beta/visualize
  /tako/v1/knowledge_search:
    post:
      operationId: tako_POST__v1_knowledge_search
      summary: 'Search for data visualizations using natural language. Ask any question about finance, economics, demographics, sports, politics, climate, or health and get back interactive knowledge cards with charts, data, and source attribution. Example: {"inputs": {"text": "NVIDIA vs AMD revenue since 2018"}}. Returns cards with title, chart image URL, interactive webpage URL, embeddable URL, data description, and source information.'
      tags:
      - Tako
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '402':
          description: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)
      x-payment-info:
        price: 0.023
        offers:
        - method: mpp
          intent: charge
          rail: tempo
          currency: USDC.e
          url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/knowledge_search
        - method: x402
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          url: https://x402.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/knowledge_search
        - method: np
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          settlement: circle-gateway
          version: x402-v2
          url: https://np.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/knowledge_search
  /tako/v1/thin_viz/create/:
    post:
      operationId: tako_POST__v1_thin_viz_create_
      summary: 'Create a custom embeddable knowledge card from your own data by specifying chart components directly. Returns card_id, image_url, webpage_url, and embed_url. Use List Default Schemas first to see available chart types and their required fields. Example body for a bar chart: {"components": [{"component_type": "header", "config": {"title": "Sales by Region"}}, {"component_type": "categorical_bar", "config": {"datasets": [{"label": "Revenue", "data": [{"x": "US", "y": 500}, {"x": "EU", "y": 300}]}]}}], "title": "Sales by Region", "source": "Internal Data"}'
      tags:
      - Tako
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '402':
          description: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)
      x-payment-info:
        price: 0.023
        offers:
        - method: mpp
          intent: charge
          rail: tempo
          currency: USDC.e
          url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/thin_viz/create/
        - method: x402
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          url: https://x402.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/thin_viz/create/
        - method: np
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          settlement: circle-gateway
          version: x402-v2
          url: https://np.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/thin_viz/create/
  /tako/v1/tako_tools_description:
    get:
      operationId: tako_GET__v1_tako_tools_description
      summary: Get descriptions of Tako search tool capabilities and available data topics. Returns what types of data Tako can search across (finance, economics, demographics, sports, politics, climate, health) with example metrics for each category. Useful for understanding what queries Tako can answer before searching.
      tags:
      - Tako
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '402':
          description: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)
      x-payment-info:
        price: 0.023
        offers:
        - method: mpp
          intent: charge
          rail: tempo
          currency: USDC.e
          url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/tako_tools_description
        - method: x402
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          url: https://x402.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/tako_tools_description
        - method: np
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          settlement: circle-gateway
          version: x402-v2
          url: https://np.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/tako_tools_description
  /tako/v1/beta/chart_insights:
    get:
      operationId: tako_GET__v1_beta_chart_insights
      summary: Analyze a Tako Knowledge Card and get AI-generated insights. Returns plain-text observations about trends, growth rates, comparisons, and anomalies in the data. Use this after Knowledge Search to extract key takeaways from a chart. Requires a card_id from a previous Knowledge Search or Create Card response.
      tags:
      - Tako
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '402':
          description: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)
      x-payment-info:
        price: 0.023
        offers:
        - method: mpp
          intent: charge
          rail: tempo
          currency: USDC.e
          url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/beta/chart_insights
        - method: x402
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          url: https://x402.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/beta/chart_insights
        - method: np
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          settlement: circle-gateway
          version: x402-v2
          url: https://np.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/beta/chart_insights
  /tako/v1/thin_viz/default_schema/:
    get:
      operationId: tako_GET__v1_thin_viz_default_schema_
      summary: List all available chart/visualization templates that can be used with the Create Card endpoint. Returns schema names (e.g. stock_card, bar_chart, pie_chart, choropleth, treemap, heatmap, table, etc.) with descriptions and their component types. Call this first to understand what chart types are available before creating a card.
      tags:
      - Tako
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
        '402':
          description: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)
      x-payment-info:
        price: 0.023
        offers:
        - method: mpp
          intent: charge
          rail: tempo
          currency: USDC.e
          url: https://mpp.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/thin_viz/default_schema/
        - method: x402
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          url: https://x402.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/thin_viz/default_schema/
        - method: np
          intent: charge
          rail: base
          currency: USDC
          settlement: circle-gateway
          version: x402-v2
          url: https://np.orthogonal.com/tako/v1/thin_viz/default_schema/
x-service-info:
  name: Orthogonal
  docs:
    llms: https://api.orthogonal.com/llms.txt
  protocols:
  - mpp
  - x402
  - np