Get the current DAI token price via x402 micropayment on Base for $0.02 per request.
What it does
This endpoint returns the current price of the DAI stablecoin, accessible through the x402 payment protocol on the Base network. It is part of a broader suite of APIs offered by lowpaymentfee.com covering data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, and utility services — all priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and no commitments required.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/tokens/DAI/price` accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled in USDC (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) on the Base L2 network using the x402 "exact" scheme. The maximum amount required per call is 20,000 base units of USDC (6 decimals), which equals $0.02. The payment is directed to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 with a timeout of 300 seconds.
Documentation beyond the landing page is extremely sparse — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional technical detail. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no example payloads available. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the actual response format after successful payment is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching the current DAI stablecoin price for portfolio tracking or DeFi applications
- —Programmatic price checks for DAI in trading bots or automated strategies
- —Agent-driven price lookups where no API key provisioning is desired
- —Integrating real-time DAI pricing into dashboards or analytics pipelines
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or apps needing on-demand DAI price data without API key management
- —Micropayment-native workflows on Base L2
- —Low-volume, pay-per-call crypto price queries
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-second latency and bulk pricing (no documented rate guarantees)
- —Users who need detailed historical price data or OHLCV candles (not indicated)
- —Non-crypto payment workflows — requires USDC on Base
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/DAI/price \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge with clear pricing. However, there is no OpenAPI spec, no request body schema, no response schema, no examples, and the documentation pages are empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. The actual data returned after payment is entirely unknown.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available — response format is unknown
- —All documentation pages (docs, API, pricing, README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —No request body schema provided; unclear if any parameters are accepted
- —The endpoint path suggests DAI-specific pricing but no details on data source, update frequency, or fields returned
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge requiring 20000 base units of USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/DAI/price
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/DAI/price
- —All APIs priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Payment timeout is 300 secondshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/tokens/DAI/price