Pay-per-call stock price lookup for EOG via x402 on Base (USDC).
What it does
This x402 endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com returns the current stock price for EOG Resources (ticker: EOG) in exchange for a micro-payment of $0.02 in USDC on the Base network. The endpoint uses the x402 payment protocol — callers attach an X-PAYMENT header with a signed USDC payment to receive the data. No API keys, accounts, or rate limits are required; access is gated purely by payment.
The endpoint is part of a broader suite of pay-per-call APIs offered by lowpaymentfee.com spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/crypto market data, and utility services. All endpoints on the platform share the same $0.02-per-request pricing model and settle on the Base L2 network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913). The x402 challenge specifies a maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units, which at 6 decimals for USDC equals $0.02.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/stocks/EOG/price` is a POST endpoint that returns JSON. No request body schema or response schema is documented, so the exact shape of the returned price data must be inferred from usage. The provider's landing page is live (HTTP 200) and the 402 challenge is well-formed, but documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional technical detail.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieve the current stock price of EOG Resources programmatically
- —Integrate real-time equity pricing into an autonomous trading agent
- —Pay-per-call stock data access without managing API keys or subscriptions
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or bots that need on-demand stock prices without subscription overhead
- —Developers experimenting with x402 micropayment-gated APIs
- —Low-volume or sporadic stock price lookups where per-call pricing is economical
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-millisecond latency and bulk data
- —Users who need historical OHLCV candle data or full market depth
- —Anyone without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/EOG/price \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <signed-x402-payment-header>"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and well-formed, confirming the endpoint exists and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no documented request body schema, no response schema or example, and the docs/pricing/README pages are all empty (just 'Connect wallet'). The actual data returned is unknown.
Warnings
- —No request or response schema documented — callers must discover the payload format empirically.
- —Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) render no useful content.
- —It is unclear whether this endpoint returns real-time, delayed, or cached stock price data, or what data source backs it.
- —Stock price data may be subject to exchange licensing and redistribution restrictions.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/EOG/price
- —All endpoints on the platform are priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Base.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/EOG/price