x402-gated account balance endpoint on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides an account balance lookup via the x402 payment protocol. The specific resource `/api/v1/accounts/96/balance` is described as "Premium API Access" and accepts POST requests gated by an x402 payment challenge. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) with a maximum amount of 20,000 base units, which equals $0.02 USD (USDC uses 6 decimals).
The provider lowpaymentfee.com hosts a broader catalog of x402-gated APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference (sentiment analysis, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance & Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation). All endpoints are listed at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and no minimum commitments required.
Documentation is extremely sparse — the /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further technical detail. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema documentation, and no example payloads available. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns HTTP 402 with a valid x402 challenge), but the actual response format and required POST body for this specific account balance endpoint are unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data with per-request USDC micropayments
- —Integrating x402 payment-gated endpoints into agent workflows
- —Accessing financial data without API key registration
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or services that can settle x402 payments on Base in USDC
- —Developers wanting zero-signup, pay-per-use API access
- —Exploring x402 protocol integration patterns
Not for
- —Users needing detailed API documentation or OpenAPI specs before integration
- —Applications requiring free or fiat-only payment methods
- —High-volume use cases where per-request pricing may add up
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/96/balance
# Returns 402 with x402 challenge; include X-PAYMENT header with valid payment proof to access.Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid x402 challenge and clear pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base), but there is zero documentation on request/response schemas, no OpenAPI spec, and all doc pages render only 'Connect wallet'. The specific purpose of the /accounts/96/balance endpoint is unclear beyond its title.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README pages all show only 'Connect wallet'
- —No OpenAPI or request/response schema provided
- —The specific functionality of /api/v1/accounts/96/balance is undocumented; 'Premium API Access' is a generic label
- —The broader catalog of endpoints listed on the homepage could not be verified individually
Citations
- —Endpoint returns HTTP 402 with x402 challenge, maxAmountRequired 20000 base units in USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/96/balance
- —All endpoints priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/96/balance
- —Provider hosts additional API categories including Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructurehttps://lowpaymentfee.com