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 29) behind an x402 paywall. The site lowpaymentfee.com hosts a broad collection of x402-protected APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities, all priced at $0.02 per request settled in USDC on the Base network.
The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/29` is not listed on the site's landing page among the advertised API categories, so it may be a demo, test, or unlisted endpoint. The x402 challenge is live and returns a 402 with a maxAmountRequired of 20,000 base units of USDC (0x8335…), which equals $0.02 given USDC's 6 decimals. Payment is made via the x402 "exact" scheme to the specified payTo address, with a 300-second timeout. The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns application/json.
Documentation is extremely sparse — 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 the employee data object contains. The site advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access, but without documentation it is unclear what fields or data this particular endpoint returns.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data behind a micropayment wall
- —Testing x402 payment protocol integrations
- —Demonstrating pay-per-request API access without API keys
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol
- —Agents that can settle USDC payments on Base
- —Use cases needing keyless, pay-per-call API access
Not for
- —Production employee data needs (no schema or data provenance documented)
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or OpenAPI specs
- —Non-crypto payment workflows
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/29 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but the endpoint is not listed among the site's advertised APIs, there is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and all documentation pages render only a wallet-connect prompt. Effectively a stub with no way to know what data is returned.
Warnings
- —Endpoint /api/v1/employees/29 is not listed among the site's advertised APIs — may be a test or unlisted resource.
- —No documentation available: /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README all show only 'Connect wallet'.
- —No OpenAPI spec or request/response schema provided — response structure is unknown.
- —Data provenance and accuracy of employee records are undocumented.
Citations
- —The site advertises $0.02 per request, no API keys, no rate limits, instant access, Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC (asset 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) on Base network with 300-second timeout.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/29
- —The /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README pages render only a 'Connect wallet' prompt.https://lowpaymentfee.com/docs