---
title: "Read crawler readiness and qualified first-party traffic evidence."
method: GET
path: "/api/external-visibility"
tags: ["Agent Docs"]
---

# Read crawler readiness and qualified first-party traffic evidence.

`GET /api/external-visibility`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz`
- URL: `https://huggingbay.xyz/api/external-visibility`
- Auth: none required

First-party counters and third-party estimates have different coverage. Check firstPartyTraffic.available before interpreting zero counters. Crawler requests do not establish citations or successful agent use.

**Inputs.** Path, query and header fields are listed below. No request body is required.

**Outputs.** See each status below for its media type, schema and headers. A missing record or unavailable capability is not a successful empty result.

**Errors.** API JSON failures use the documented response schema. Read code, message and next; retry only when the response allows it. Auth, invalid input and missing records need a caller change.

**Rate limits.** Public read budgets apply by client IP and route group. This operation can have a smaller route-specific budget. Read Retry-After on 429 or retryable 503 responses.

## Query parameters

- `compat` 'containment'

## Response `200`

Read crawler readiness and qualified first-party traffic evidence.

- object
  - `schemaVersion` 'hugging-bay.external-visibility.v1', required
  - `generatedAt` string, required
  - `baseUrl` string, required
  - `canonicalUrl` string, required
  - `apiUrl` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `purpose` string, required
  - `firstPartyTraffic` object, required
    - `available` boolean
    - `source` string, nullable
    - `generatedAt` string, nullable
    - `totals` object
    - `windows` object
  - `crawlerReadiness` object, required
  - `webmasterVerification` object, required
  - `whyTrafficEstimatorSitesMayShowZero` string[], required
  - `recommendationLikelihoodInputs` string[], required
  - `nextOperatorActions` string[], required

## Other responses

- `429`: Request budget exceeded. Wait for Retry-After.

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