x402-gated account balance endpoint on Base, pay-per-call with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides a "Premium API Access" resource at the path `/api/v1/accounts/30/balance`. It is part of a broader platform that offers dozens of pay-per-request API endpoints spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, and utility services — all gated via the x402 payment protocol on the Base network.
The specific endpoint probed returns an x402 challenge requesting payment in USDC (contract `0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913` on Base) with a `maxAmountRequired` of 20,000 base units. Since USDC uses 6 decimals, this translates to $0.02 per request, consistent with the platform's advertised flat pricing of $0.02/request across all endpoints. Payment is made via the `exact` scheme, and the endpoint accepts POST requests.
The platform advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access. Documentation pages (`/docs`, `/pricing`, `/api`, `/README`) all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content, so the actual response schema and detailed behavior of this particular balance endpoint remain undocumented. The endpoint is live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but without documentation or example responses, it is unclear exactly what data the balance response contains or what input parameters (if any) the POST body expects.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance data via a single paid API call
- —Integrating pay-per-request balance lookups into agent workflows
- —Accessing financial data without API key registration
Fit
Best for
- —Agents that can settle x402 payments in USDC on Base
- —Developers wanting zero-signup, pay-per-call API access
- —Prototyping with micropayment-gated endpoints
Not for
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or response schemas before integrating
- —High-volume use cases where $0.02/request adds up significantly
- —Users without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/30/balance \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge with clear pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no documentation beyond a wallet-connect prompt, no example responses, and the purpose of this specific '/accounts/30/balance' path is unclear. Effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — all doc pages return only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —Response schema for this endpoint is completely unknown
- —The specific meaning of 'accounts/30/balance' is undocumented — it is unclear whether '30' is a fixed demo account or a parameterized path
- —No input schema documented for the POST body
Citations
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request flat pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units in USDC on Base (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913)https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/30/balance
- —Platform offers endpoints across data analytics, AI/ML, finance/Web3, and infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com