Retrieve employee salary data via x402 micropayment on Base network for $0.02 per request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to employee salary information (specifically employee ID 179) behind an x402 paywall. It accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled in USDC on the Base network at $0.02 per call (20,000 base units with 6 decimals = $0.02).
The provider, lowpaymentfee.com, hosts a broad catalog of x402-gated APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities — all priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and no commitments. The specific endpoint probed here (`/api/v1/employees/179/salary`) is not listed on the provider's public landing page among the advertised API categories, which suggests it may be a demo, internal, or less-promoted route.
Because there is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response documentation, and no examples available beyond the x402 challenge itself, the exact request body format and response structure are unknown. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a valid 402 challenge), but consumers should expect to experiment with the POST body or contact the provider for integration details.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving salary information for a specific employee programmatically
- —Integrating employee compensation data into payroll or HR dashboards
- —Agent-driven lookups of salary records with per-call micropayments
Fit
Best for
- —Developers needing on-demand salary data without subscription commitments
- —AI agents that can settle x402 USDC payments on Base
- —Prototyping pay-per-call HR data integrations
Not for
- —Bulk payroll exports across many employees (only one employee ID in the URL)
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Non-crypto users without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/179/salary \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge, but there is no documentation, no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and the specific endpoint is not listed on the provider's public catalog. The purpose and data returned are inferred solely from the URL path.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available for this endpoint
- —Endpoint /api/v1/employees/179/salary is not listed on the provider's public landing page — may be a demo or undocumented route
- —No request body format or response structure documented; consumers must guess or reverse-engineer
- —Docs, API, pricing, and README pages all returned only 'Connect wallet' with no useful content
Citations
- —The x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 in USDC (6 decimals) on Base, equaling $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/179/salary
- —The provider advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —The provider's landing page lists APIs in Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure categories but does not list an employees/salary endpointhttps://lowpaymentfee.com