x402-gated portfolio endpoint on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC — no API keys required.
What it does
This endpoint at `/api/v1/portfolios/18` is part of the lowpaymentfee.com platform, which offers a collection of x402-protocol pay-per-request APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities. The specific `/portfolios/18` resource is listed under "Premium API Access" but its exact data payload is not documented beyond the generic description. All endpoints on the platform share the same pricing model: $0.02 per request, settled in USDC on the Base network.
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge (HTTP 402) with `maxAmountRequired` of 20000 base units of USDC (0x8335…2913 on Base, 6 decimals), which equals $0.02. Payment is made via the x402 `exact` scheme by including an `X-PAYMENT` header. There are no API keys, no rate limits, and no subscription commitments — callers simply attach a valid x402 payment header to each POST request.
Documentation is extremely sparse. The crawled docs, API, pricing, and README pages all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no explanation of what the `/portfolios/18` resource actually returns. The platform appears to be a demonstration or early-stage deployment of x402-gated microservices. Without knowing the response schema or the nature of the "portfolio" data, agents should treat this as an exploratory integration.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching portfolio data on-demand with per-request USDC micropayments
- —Integrating x402-gated endpoints into autonomous agent workflows
- —Testing x402 protocol payment flows on Base network
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 pay-per-request protocols
- —Agents that need keyless, permissionless API access settled in USDC
- —Low-volume or sporadic data consumers who prefer pay-as-you-go
Not for
- —Production workloads requiring well-documented request/response schemas
- —High-volume consumers who need bulk pricing or subscription discounts
- —Users without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/portfolios/18 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge, but there is zero documentation on what the /portfolios/18 resource returns, no OpenAPI spec, no request body schema, and no example responses. Docs pages are empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — all doc/API/pricing/README pages return only 'Connect wallet' with no content.
- —No OpenAPI or request/response schema provided; the actual data returned by /portfolios/18 is unknown.
- —Platform appears to be early-stage or a demo; reliability and data quality are unverified.
- —The specific meaning of 'portfolios/18' is undocumented — it could be placeholder or test data.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a valid x402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/portfolios/18
- —All endpoints on the platform are priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/portfolios/18
- —Docs, API, pricing, and README pages returned only 'Connect wallet' with no substantive contenthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs