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 96) behind an x402 paywall. The provider operates a broad catalog of pay-per-request APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities, all gated via the x402 protocol on the Base network. Each request costs $0.02 in USDC (USD Coin) with no API keys, rate limits, or subscriptions required.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/employees/96` accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Based on the URL pattern it appears to serve employee-related data, though no detailed schema or sample response is documented in the crawled material. The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live, advertising a maxAmountRequired of 20,000 base units of USDC (6 decimals → $0.02) on the Base network, with a payment timeout of 300 seconds.
Documentation is extremely sparse — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further content. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema beyond the x402 outputSchema stub, and no explanation of what the employee data contains or how to structure the POST body. The endpoint is functional but poorly documented.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-request payment basis
- —Integrating employee information into agent workflows without API key management
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment protocol usage on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand employee data without subscription commitments
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs on Base
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —High-volume bulk employee data exports (no documented batch endpoint)
- —Use cases requiring detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Applications needing authenticated, role-based access control beyond payment
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/96 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge, but documentation is essentially nonexistent. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, no explanation of what employee data is returned, and no sample payloads. The listing is effectively a stub with only the x402 challenge and the provider's homepage to draw from.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, API, pricing, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet'
- —No OpenAPI or JSON schema describing request body or response format
- —The nature and source of 'employee' data is completely undocumented — unclear if this is real HR data, sample/demo data, or placeholder content
- —No privacy or compliance information for what may be personal employee data
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 x402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/96
- —All APIs on the platform cost $0.02 per request with no API keys, rate limits, or minimumshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/96