x402-gated API collection on Base — pay $0.02 per request in USDC, no keys required.
What it does
lowpaymentfee.com hosts a suite of pay-per-call APIs gated by the x402 protocol on the Base network. The specific endpoint `/api/v1/collections/48` is labeled "Premium API Access" and returns a standard x402 challenge requesting payment in USDC (contract 0x8335…2913 on Base) via the "exact" scheme. The maximum amount required is 20,000 base units of USDC (6 decimals), which equals $0.02 per request.
The broader platform advertises four categories of endpoints: Data & Analytics (metrics, reports, data export, insights), AI & Machine Learning (sentiment analysis, text summarization, classification, embeddings), Finance & Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and Infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation). All endpoints are listed at $0.02 per request. The platform emphasizes no API keys, no rate limits, no minimums, and instant access.
The `/api/v1/collections/48` endpoint specifically is a POST endpoint (per the outputSchema in the x402 challenge). However, the crawled documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content, so the actual request/response schema for this endpoint is unknown. Without documentation on what data this collection endpoint accepts or returns, callers will need to experiment or wait for fuller docs.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Accessing premium data or analytics behind a per-request USDC paywall
- —Agent-driven API consumption without pre-registration or API keys
- —Programmatic micropayment-gated service calls on Base L2
Fit
Best for
- —Developers or agents who want keyless, pay-as-you-go API access
- —Users already holding USDC on Base who want frictionless micropayments
- —Automated workflows that need on-demand API calls without subscription commitments
Not for
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs before integrating
- —High-volume consumers who would prefer bulk pricing or subscription plans
- —Anyone without a Base-compatible wallet or USDC holdings
Quick start
# 1. Send a POST to get the 402 challenge:
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/collections/48
# Returns 402 with x402 payment challenge in JSON body.
# 2. Construct an X-PAYMENT header with a signed USDC payment of 20000 base units ($0.02)
# to 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 on Base, then resend the POST.Example
Response
{
"error": "X-PAYMENT header is required",
"accepts": [
{
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"extra": {
"name": "USD Coin",
"version": "2"
},
"payTo": "0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3",
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "base",
"mimeType": "application/json",
"resource": "https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/collections/48",
"description": "Premium API Access",
"maxAmountRequired": "20000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
}
],
"x402Version": 1
}Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and well-formed, confirming the endpoint exists and its pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, all documentation pages returned only 'Connect wallet' with no actual content, so the request/response schema, purpose, and behavior of this specific collection endpoint are entirely unknown.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, pricing, and README pages all return only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no content.
- —The actual request body schema and response format for /api/v1/collections/48 are unknown; callers must discover behavior experimentally.
- —The endpoint name 'Premium API Access' is generic and does not describe what data or service is provided.
Citations
- —The x402 challenge requires 20,000 base units of USDC ($0.02) on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/collections/48
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/collections/48
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request, no API keys, no rate limits, instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Platform lists endpoints across Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com