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 105) behind an x402 paywall. It is part of a broader platform offering dozens of pay-per-call API endpoints across data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities — all gated via the x402 protocol on the Base network.
The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/105` returns JSON data when a valid x402 payment header is supplied. The x402 challenge advertises a maximum amount of 20,000 base units of USDC (contract 0x8335…2913 on Base), which equals $0.02 per request. Payment is sent to address 0x1A2B…85F3 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, and no minimum commitments. Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) appear to require wallet connection and contain no substantive content in the crawl. There is no OpenAPI schema, no detailed field documentation, and no example response available, so the exact shape of the returned employee data is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-call payment basis
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment integration for data access
- —Agent-driven lookups of employee information without API key management
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol on Base
- —Agents needing keyless, pay-per-call access to employee data
- —Low-volume, on-demand data retrieval without subscription commitments
Not for
- —Bulk employee data exports requiring thousands of records at once
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or response schema guarantees
- —Anyone without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/105 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no response examples, no documentation beyond a landing page, and the purpose of the employee data endpoint is unexplained. The docs/pricing/README pages all render only a wallet-connect prompt with no content.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or response schema available — the shape of the returned employee data is completely unknown.
- —Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) contain no substantive content beyond a wallet-connect prompt.
- —The endpoint path '/api/v1/employees/105' is hardcoded to a single employee ID; it is unclear whether other IDs are supported or what data fields are returned.
- —The broader platform lists many endpoint categories (AI, finance, infrastructure) but this specific endpoint is an employee record — its purpose and data source are unexplained.
Citations
- —The x402 challenge advertises maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base with a 300-second timeout.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/105
- —The platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/105