x402-gated Stripe invoice endpoint on Base, paying per-call in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides "Premium API Access" behind an x402 payment wall. The specific resource path (`/api/v1/stripe/invoices/174`) suggests it returns or processes a Stripe invoice object. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913) via the x402 "exact" scheme.
The x402 challenge indicates a maximum amount of 20,000 base units of USDC. Since USDC uses 6 decimals, this converts to $0.02 per request — consistent with the provider's site-wide pricing of $0.02/request across all their API offerings. The provider advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access; callers simply attach an X-PAYMENT header with a valid x402 payment proof.
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform lists endpoints across data/analytics, AI/ML (sentiment, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance/Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation) — all at the same $0.02 per-call price point. However, this specific listing is for the Stripe invoices endpoint only. Documentation pages on the site returned minimal content (just "Connect wallet"), so the exact request/response schema for this endpoint is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving or processing a Stripe invoice via a pay-per-call x402 gateway
- —Programmatic invoice access without traditional API key management
- —Agent-driven payment workflows that settle in USDC on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Developers wanting keyless, pay-per-request access to Stripe invoice data
- —AI agents that can settle x402 payments autonomously on Base
- —Prototyping micropayment-gated API flows
Not for
- —Bulk invoice processing requiring thousands of calls (costs add up at $0.02 each)
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs before integrating
- —Non-crypto workflows that cannot produce x402 payment proofs
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stripe/invoices/174 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-proof>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but there is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and the documentation pages are effectively empty. The purpose of this specific Stripe invoices endpoint is unclear beyond its name.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — all doc pages return only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —Request and response schemas are completely unknown; no OpenAPI spec provided
- —The specific functionality of /api/v1/stripe/invoices/174 is unclear — it may be a demo or placeholder
- —The site lists many diverse endpoints (AI, finance, geo, etc.) all at $0.02, which may indicate a demo/showcase platform rather than production services
Citations
- —x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stripe/invoices/174
- —Site-wide pricing is $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stripe/invoices/174