x402-gated employee data endpoint on Base, pay-per-request with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to an employee record (ID 15) behind an x402 payment wall. The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913) via the x402 "exact" scheme. The maximum amount required per call is 20,000 base units of USDC, which equals $0.02 (USDC uses 6 decimals).
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform advertises a wide catalog of x402-gated APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference (sentiment analysis, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance/Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation) — all at the same $0.02/request price point. The platform emphasizes no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access.
However, the specific endpoint being listed here (`/api/v1/employees/15`) is not mentioned anywhere on the provider's landing page or documentation. It appears to be an employee data lookup endpoint, but there is no schema, documentation, or example response available to confirm what fields are returned. The docs, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a valid 402 challenge), but the actual data payload is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data for a specific employee ID via pay-per-call
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol integration with USDC on Base
- —Agent-driven data retrieval without API key management
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol
- —Agents needing on-demand employee data without subscription commitments
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data access
Not for
- —Bulk employee data retrieval (no batch endpoint documented)
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or response schema before purchasing
- —Production use cases requiring SLA guarantees or support
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/15 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge, confirming it accepts payments. However, there is no documentation, no response schema, no example responses, and the specific /employees/15 path is not listed on the provider's own site. The docs/pricing/README pages are empty beyond a wallet connect prompt. This is effectively a stub listing with confirmed liveness but unknown utility.
Warnings
- —The /api/v1/employees/15 endpoint is not listed on the provider's own landing page — it may be a test or undocumented resource.
- —No response schema or example output is available; the actual data returned is unknown.
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no substantive content.
- —The term 'employees' may imply personal data — consider privacy/regulatory implications before use.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with x402Version 1, exact scheme, on Base network, with maxAmountRequired 20000 in USDChttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/15
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/15
- —The platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —The /api/v1/employees/15 path is not listed among the provider's advertised API cataloghttps://lowpaymentfee.com