Get the current stock price for DHR (Danaher) via x402 micropayment on Base.
What it does
This endpoint returns the current stock price for DHR (Danaher Corporation) through the lowpaymentfee.com platform. It uses the x402 payment protocol, settling in USDC on the Base network. Each request costs $0.02 (20,000 base units of USDC with 6 decimals). No API keys or accounts are required — callers simply attach an X-PAYMENT header with a valid x402 payment proof.
The endpoint is part of a broader suite of pay-per-call APIs offered by lowpaymentfee.com spanning finance, analytics, AI/ML, crypto, and utility categories. All endpoints on the platform share the same $0.02/request pricing with no rate limits, no minimums, and no commitments. The specific URL path `/api/v1/stocks/DHR/price` suggests a RESTful pattern where the ticker symbol is a path parameter, meaning other stock tickers may be available at similar paths (e.g., `/api/v1/stocks/{TICKER}/price`).
The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Documentation beyond the landing page is sparse — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a wallet-connect prompt with no additional technical detail. The exact response schema is not documented, so the output format must be inferred from the endpoint's stated purpose of returning a stock price.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieve the current stock price for Danaher Corporation (DHR) in an automated trading or research pipeline
- —Build agent workflows that fetch real-time equity prices without managing API keys or subscriptions
- —Integrate stock price checks into crypto-native applications that can settle payments on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or bots that need on-demand stock prices without subscription overhead
- —Crypto-native applications that can pay per request in USDC on Base
- —Low-volume or sporadic stock price lookups where pay-per-call is more economical than a subscription
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-millisecond latency and bulk data feeds
- —Users who need historical OHLCV data or full market depth — only current price is indicated
- —Applications that cannot settle payments in USDC on the Base network
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/DHR/price \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-proof>"Example
Response
{
"price": 215.43,
"ticker": "DHR",
"currency": "USD",
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T14:30:00Z"
}Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no documented response format, no examples, and the docs/pricing/README pages are all empty wallet-connect stubs. The example response JSON above is entirely inferred and may not match the actual output.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — docs, pricing, and README pages only show a wallet-connect prompt
- —Response schema is unknown; the example response is speculative
- —It is unclear whether the endpoint returns real-time, delayed, or end-of-day stock prices
- —The broader platform lists many endpoint categories but the specific /stocks/ path pattern is not listed on the landing page, raising questions about completeness
Citations
- —The endpoint returns HTTP 402 with an x402 challenge requiring USDC payment on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/DHR/price
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913), which equals $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/DHR/price
- —Platform pricing is $0.02/request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com