inflation.calculator

Adjust a US dollar amount for inflation between two dates ('what is $100 in 1990 worth today?'). Pass amount, from (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY), and optional to (defaults to the latest CPI month). Uses CPI-U (CPIAUCNS — the same not-seasonally-adjusted all-items index as the official BLS inflation calculator), data back to 1913. Returns the inflation-adjusted amount, cumulative inflation %, annualized rate, and the CPI index values used on each date. Source: BLS CPI via FRED (St. Louis Fed).

price
$0.0012 USDC per call
method
GET/api/inflation/calculator
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
tier
Tier 0 — no paid upstream

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
amountrequirednumber
fromrequiredstring
match ^\d{4}(-\d{2}(-\d{2})?)?$
tostring
match ^\d{4}(-\d{2}(-\d{2})?)?$

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/inflation/calculator?amount=1&from=2024-01-01&to=2024-01-01'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/inflation/calculator?amount=1&from=2024-01-01&to=2024-01-01' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/inflation/calculator?amount=1&from=2024-01-01&to=2024-01-01'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.inflation.calculator({
  "amount": 1,
  "from": "2024-01-01",
  "to": "2024-01-01"
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.inflation.calculator(amount=1, from="2024-01-01", to="2024-01-01")

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "inflation.calculator",
    "arguments": {
      "amount": 1,
      "from": "2024-01-01",
      "to": "2024-01-01"
    }
  }
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
okboolean
one of: true
itemsarray
totalintegerTotal matching rows upstream; null when unknown.
sourceobject
Example response datajson
{
  "ok": true,
  "items": [
    {
      "amount": 1,
      "from": "example",
      "to": "example",
      "adjustedAmount": 1,
      "cumulativeInflationPct": 1,
      "annualizedPct": 1,
      "cpiFrom": 1,
      "cpiFromDate": "example",
      "cpiTo": 1,
      "cpiToDate": "example",
      "seriesId": "example"
    }
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "license": "example"
  }
}

Discovery

2s.io is x402-native. Every call is paid per-request from a USDC-funded EVM wallet on Base — no signup, no API keys, no monthly fees. Source code: github.com/2s-io/sdk.