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 19) via the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader platform offering dozens of pay-per-call API endpoints spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility services — all gated behind x402 micropayments on the Base network.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/employees/19` returns JSON data when a valid x402 payment header is included. The x402 challenge advertises a maximum cost of 20,000 base units of USDC (0x8335…2913 on Base), which equals $0.02 per request. Payment is settled on-chain via the "exact" scheme with a 300-second timeout. No API keys or rate limits are advertised; access is granted purely through payment.
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform lists endpoints for metrics, reports, data export, insights, sentiment analysis, text summarization, classification, embeddings, price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates, geocoding, validation, conversion, and generation — all at the same $0.02/request price point. However, the specific endpoint being listed here (`/api/v1/employees/19`) is not featured on the homepage and its exact response schema is undocumented. The endpoint is live and returning a proper 402 challenge.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on demand with per-call payment
- —Integrating employee information into agent workflows without subscription overhead
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment protocol usage on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing one-off employee data lookups without API key management
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —High-volume bulk employee data exports (per-call pricing adds up)
- —Use cases requiring a documented response schema or SLA guarantees
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/19 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge, but there is no OpenAPI schema, no documented response format, no examples, and the /employees/19 path is not listed among the platform's advertised APIs. Docs, pricing, and README pages all render only a wallet-connect prompt with no useful content.
Warnings
- —The /api/v1/employees/19 endpoint is not listed among the platform's advertised APIs on the homepage — its purpose and response schema are unknown.
- —No documentation, OpenAPI spec, or response examples are available for this endpoint.
- —All secondary pages (docs, pricing, README, api) returned only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no substantive content.
- —Response schema is completely undocumented; callers cannot predict the shape of the returned data.
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/19
- —The platform advertises $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on the Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/19