Pay-per-call stock market quote for CSCO via x402 on Base, settled in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint provides a real-time market quote for Cisco Systems (CSCO) stock, accessible at `https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/CSCO`. It is part of a broader platform (lowpaymentfee.com) that offers data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility APIs — all payable per request via the x402 protocol on the Base network using USDC.
The endpoint accepts HTTP POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is handled inline: callers attach an `X-PAYMENT` header containing a signed x402 payment for up to 20,000 base units of USDC (i.e., $0.02 per request, since USDC uses 6 decimals). There are no API keys, no rate limits, and no subscription commitments — each call is independently settled on-chain.
Documentation on the site is extremely thin; the docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no example request/response payloads, and no detailed field-level documentation for the quote response. The specific fields returned in the market quote (bid, ask, last price, volume, etc.) are not documented and must be discovered empirically.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching a real-time or near-real-time stock quote for Cisco (CSCO) without needing an API key or subscription
- —Integrating per-call market data into an autonomous agent or trading bot that can sign x402 payments
- —Prototyping financial dashboards with low-friction, pay-as-you-go data access
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or bots that need on-demand stock quotes without managing API keys
- —Low-volume or sporadic market data consumers who want to avoid subscriptions
- —Developers experimenting with x402 micropayment-gated APIs
Not for
- —High-frequency trading or bulk historical data retrieval (no documented batch endpoints)
- —Users who need comprehensive multi-ticker coverage from a single documented API (only CSCO path is probed)
- —Anyone requiring detailed SLA guarantees or documented response schemas
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/CSCO \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <signed-x402-payment-header>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge with clear pricing ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no example request or response payloads, and the docs/pricing/README pages are all empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. The actual response format for the market quote is completely undocumented.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or response schema available — response fields must be discovered empirically
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, README, API) render only 'Connect wallet' with no useful content
- —The specific market quote endpoint (/api/v1/market/quote/CSCO) is not listed on the homepage; only /api/v1/finance/prices is listed under Finance, so this path may be undocumented or experimental
- —No information on data source, freshness, or accuracy of the stock quote
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 x402 challenge requesting 20,000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/CSCO
- —USDC asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/market/quote/CSCO
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Docs, pricing, API, and README pages render only a 'Connect wallet' prompthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs