x402-gated employee salary endpoint on Base, pay-per-request with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to employee salary data (specifically employee ID 26) behind an x402 payment wall. It accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) at a cost of $0.02 per request (20,000 base units with 6 decimals).
The endpoint is part of a broader platform (lowpaymentfee.com) that offers numerous x402-gated APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, and utility services — all priced at $0.02 per call. The platform advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access via the x402 protocol. However, the specific endpoint being listed here (/api/v1/employees/26/salary) is not documented on the provider's landing page among the advertised API categories, which raises questions about its intended use and the shape of its response.
No OpenAPI schema, request body schema, or response examples are available for this endpoint. The crawled documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. Because of the lack of documentation for this specific route, consumers should treat the response format as unknown until tested.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving salary information for a specific employee record
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment integration for data access
- —Programmatic payroll data lookup by employee ID
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol on Base
- —Agents needing on-demand employee salary data without API key management
- —Micropayment-gated data access prototyping
Not for
- —Bulk payroll data exports across many employees
- —Production HR systems requiring authenticated, auditable access
- —Users who need detailed documentation or guaranteed SLAs
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/26/salary \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but this specific route is not listed in the provider's own API catalog, and no documentation, request schema, or response examples exist. The docs/pricing/README pages are all empty beyond a wallet connect prompt.
Warnings
- —This specific endpoint (/api/v1/employees/26/salary) is not listed among the provider's advertised APIs — it may be a demo, test, or undocumented route.
- —No request body schema or response schema is available; response format is unknown.
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) returned no useful content beyond 'Connect wallet'.
- —The nature of the data (employee salary) suggests potential sensitivity; verify data provenance and compliance requirements before use.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge requesting USDC payment on Base network with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base unitshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/26/salary
- —USDC on Base uses contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 with 6 decimals, so 20000 base units = $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/26/salary
- —The platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —The provider's landing page lists APIs in Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure categories but does not list an employees/salary endpointhttps://lowpaymentfee.com