Pay-per-call stock market quote for XOM via x402 on Base (USDC).
What it does
This endpoint provides a real-time market quote for the stock ticker XOM (ExxonMobil) through the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader API platform at lowpaymentfee.com that offers data & analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility endpoints — all priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and no commitments.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/market/quote/XOM` accepts HTTP POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913) via the x402 "exact" scheme. The max amount required is 20,000 base units, which at 6 decimals equals $0.02 per call. The x402 challenge was successfully captured, confirming the endpoint is live.
The provider's landing page lists many other endpoints across categories like sentiment analysis, text summarization, price feeds, exchange rates, geocoding, and more — all at the same $0.02/request price point. However, documentation beyond the landing page is extremely thin: the /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README pages all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further technical detail. There is no OpenAPI spec, no example request/response payloads, and no schema describing the quote response format.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching a real-time stock quote for ExxonMobil (XOM) without needing an API key
- —Integrating pay-per-call market data into an autonomous agent workflow
- —Building a trading bot that pays for market data on-demand via USDC on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or apps that need occasional stock quotes without subscription overhead
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Crypto-native workflows that prefer on-chain settlement for API calls
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring bulk/streaming market data at low latency
- —Users who need comprehensive financial data (historical, fundamentals, options chains) — only a single-ticker quote endpoint is documented
- —Users without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/XOM \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI spec, no documented request/response schema, no example payloads, and the docs/pricing/README pages are all empty stubs. The actual data returned by the quote endpoint is entirely unknown.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available — response format is unknown
- —All secondary pages (/docs, /api, /pricing, /README) return only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —No example request or response payloads are documented anywhere
- —The endpoint path suggests ticker-specific routing (/quote/XOM) but it is unclear whether other tickers are supported or what fields are returned
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 x402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units in USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/XOM
- —All endpoints are priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/XOM