x402-gated premium API access on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides "Premium API Access" via the x402 payment protocol on the Base network. The specific resource at `/api/v1/charges/358` accepts POST requests and requires a per-call USDC payment of up to $0.02 (20,000 base units of USDC with 6 decimals). Payment is settled on-chain to a Base address using the USDC contract (0x8335…2913).
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform advertises a suite of pay-per-request APIs spanning 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 priced at $0.02 per request. The platform emphasizes no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access.
However, the specific endpoint `/api/v1/charges/358` is labeled only as "Premium API Access" with no further documentation on what data or functionality it returns. The docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional content. Without an OpenAPI schema, example responses, or detailed documentation, the actual behavior of this endpoint is unclear. It may serve as a generic charge endpoint or a gateway to one of the listed services, but this cannot be confirmed from available material.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Programmatic access to a paid API resource without traditional API keys or subscriptions
- —Agent-driven workflows that need to pay per request using on-chain USDC on Base
- —Testing x402 payment protocol integrations against a live endpoint
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —AI agents that can settle USDC payments on Base for per-call access
- —Users who want pay-as-you-go API access without signup or rate limits
Not for
- —Users who need detailed documentation or guaranteed SLAs before integrating
- —Applications requiring free or subscription-based API access
- —Users without a Base-compatible wallet holding USDC
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/charges/358 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge, confirming it accepts USDC payments on Base. However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no example request/response, and the docs pages are empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. The specific functionality behind '/api/v1/charges/358' is undocumented, making this effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — docs, pricing, API, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet' with no content.
- —The specific functionality of /api/v1/charges/358 is unknown; 'Premium API Access' is the only description provided.
- —No OpenAPI schema or example responses are available to confirm what this endpoint returns.
- —The broader platform lists many API categories but none map clearly to this specific charge endpoint.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge requiring USDC payment of up to 20,000 base units on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/charges/358
- —The platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC contract address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 is used for payment on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/charges/358
- —The platform lists APIs across data & analytics, AI & ML, finance & Web3, and infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com