x402-gated employee data endpoint on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to an employee record (ID 168) via the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader platform offering dozens of pay-per-call API endpoints across data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility categories — all gated behind x402 micropayments on the Base network.
The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/168` returns JSON data when a valid x402 payment header is supplied. The x402 challenge advertises a maximum cost of 20,000 base units of USDC (contract 0x8335…2913 on Base), which equals $0.02 per request (USDC uses 6 decimals). Payment is sent to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 with a 300-second timeout. The endpoint accepts POST requests and is discoverable.
The platform advertises a uniform $0.02/request pricing model with no API keys, no rate limits, no minimums, and instant access. Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) appear to require a wallet connection and contain no substantive content in the crawl. Because of this, the actual response schema and the precise fields returned for the employee record are unknown — there is no OpenAPI spec, no example response, and no detailed documentation available.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-request payment basis
- —Integrating pay-per-call employee lookups into agent workflows
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment protocol usage on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or apps that need on-demand employee data without subscription commitments
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —Bulk employee data exports requiring thousands of records at once
- —Use cases requiring detailed documentation or guaranteed SLA
- —Users without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/168 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge with clear pricing. However, there is no OpenAPI spec, no example request/response, and all documentation pages are behind a wallet gate with no readable content. The actual data returned is completely unknown, making this effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available — response format for employee data is unknown
- —All doc pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) render only a wallet-connect prompt with no substantive content
- —The endpoint path suggests a single employee record (ID 168); it is unclear whether other IDs are available or what fields are returned
- —No rate limit or SLA information available
Citations
- —The x402 challenge advertises maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/168
- —USDC contract address is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/168
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Payment timeout is 300 secondshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/168