Pay-per-call employee salary data endpoint on Base via x402 (USDC).
What it does
This x402-enabled endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com returns salary information for a specific employee (ID 176) via a POST request. It is part of a broader suite of pay-per-call APIs offered by lowpaymentfee.com, which spans data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, and utility categories. All endpoints on the platform use the x402 payment protocol, settling in USDC on the Base network.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/employees/176/salary` costs $0.02 per request (20,000 base units of USDC with 6 decimals). Payment is made via the x402 `X-PAYMENT` header using the "exact" scheme. The platform advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access — you pay per call and that's it.
Note that this particular endpoint path (`/employees/176/salary`) is not listed on the provider's main landing page, which showcases analytics, AI, finance, and utility APIs. The endpoint's description is simply "Premium API Access" with no further documentation on request body format or response schema. The docs, pricing, and API pages on the site returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional content. As a result, the exact request format and response structure are unknown and must be discovered by the caller.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving salary information for employee ID 176 via a single paid API call
- —Integrating pay-per-call salary data into automated agent workflows
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol usage for data access
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand salary data without subscription commitments
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —Bulk payroll data exports across many employees
- —Users who need detailed API documentation before integrating
- —Anyone without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/176/salary \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge confirmed) and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but there is no documentation on request body, response schema, or what data is actually returned. The endpoint path is not listed on the provider's own landing page, and all doc pages are empty. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No request body schema or response schema documented anywhere
- —Endpoint path /api/v1/employees/176/salary is not listed on the provider's landing page — may be a test or unlisted route
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, API, README) returned only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —Unknown what 'employee 176 salary' data actually contains or whether it is real or synthetic
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with x402Version 1, exact scheme, USDC on Base, maxAmountRequired 20000https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/176/salary
- —The platform advertises $0.02 per request, no API keys, no rate limits, instant access, Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/176/salary