x402-gated employee data endpoint on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to an employee record (ID 185) via the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader platform offering dozens of pay-per-call API endpoints across data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility categories — all priced at $0.02 per request and settled in USDC on the Base network.
The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/185` returns JSON and accepts POST requests. Payment is handled inline via the x402 protocol: callers attach an `X-PAYMENT` header containing a signed USDC payment of up to 20,000 base units (i.e., $0.02, since USDC uses 6 decimals). The payment is sent to address `0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3` on Base mainnet, with a 300-second timeout window. No API keys or rate limits are required — access is purely payment-gated.
Documentation on the site is extremely thin: the docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further content. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no description of what fields the employee record contains. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the actual data payload and its structure are unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-request payment basis
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol integration with USDC on Base
- —Agent-driven data retrieval without API key provisioning
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Agents that can sign USDC transactions on Base for per-call access
- —Use cases needing keyless, pay-as-you-go employee data access
Not for
- —Production systems requiring documented response schemas and SLAs
- —Bulk employee data retrieval (pay-per-request at $0.02 adds up)
- —Users without a Base-compatible wallet or USDC balance
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/185 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <signed-x402-payment-header>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid 402 challenge, but there is no documentation, no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no explanation of what the employee data contains. The docs pages are empty. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, pricing, API, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet' with no content.
- —No request or response schema provided; the structure of the employee record is completely unknown.
- —No OpenAPI or ai-plugin manifest found.
- —The endpoint path '/api/v1/employees/185' is hardcoded to a single employee ID; it is unclear whether other IDs are supported or what the broader API surface looks like.
- —This endpoint does not appear in the site's own listed API catalog, which raises questions about its intended use.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with x402Version 1, requiring USDC payment on Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/185
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (asset 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913), which equals $0.02.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/185
- —The platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Payment is directed to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 with a 300-second timeout.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/185