Portfolio performance data via x402 micropayment on Base network for $0.02/request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides portfolio performance data through the x402 payment protocol. The specific resource `/api/v1/portfolios/5/performance` returns JSON data related to portfolio #5's performance metrics. Payment is settled in USDC on the Base network at $0.02 per request (20,000 base units with 6 decimals).
The endpoint is part of a broader platform (lowpaymentfee.com) that offers numerous x402-gated APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, and infrastructure utilities — all priced uniformly at $0.02 per call. The platform advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access; callers simply attach an x402 payment header to each request.
Documentation is extremely sparse. The crawled docs, API, pricing, and README pages all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no description of what fields the portfolio performance response contains. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the actual data contract is unknown. The POST method is specified in the outputSchema. Callers should expect a JSON response but will need to experiment to determine the exact shape of the returned data.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving performance metrics for a specific investment portfolio
- —Automated portfolio monitoring by AI agents paying per-request
- —Integrating portfolio performance data into dashboards or reports
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand portfolio performance data without API key management
- —Micropayment-based access to financial data on Base network
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol for finance APIs
Not for
- —Users needing detailed API documentation or guaranteed response schemas before integrating
- —High-frequency trading or latency-sensitive applications (no SLA or rate-limit info available)
- —Access to arbitrary portfolio IDs (only portfolio 5 is confirmed at this path)
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/portfolios/5/performance \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_header>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid 402 challenge and clear pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and all documentation pages are empty stubs. The actual data returned is completely unknown, making this effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — docs, pricing, and README pages all return only a wallet-connect prompt with no content
- —No request or response schema provided; the shape of the portfolio performance data is unknown
- —Only portfolio ID 5 is referenced in this endpoint path; it is unclear whether other portfolio IDs are supported
- —No rate limit, SLA, or uptime guarantees documented
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge advertising USDC payment on Base network at 20000 base unitshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/portfolios/5/performance
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 is USDC on Base (6 decimals), so 20000 base units = $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com