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 177) 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 resource `/api/v1/employees/177` returns JSON data when a valid x402 payment header is supplied. The x402 challenge advertises a maximum cost of 20,000 base units of USDC (contract 0x8335…2913 on Base), which equals $0.02 per request. Payment is sent to address 0x1A2B…85F3 with a 300-second timeout. The endpoint accepts POST requests and is discoverable.
The platform advertises a uniform $0.02/request pricing model across all its endpoints, with no API keys, no rate limits, and no minimum commitments required. Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /README) appear to require wallet connection and did not yield substantive content during crawl, so the exact schema of the employee response payload is unknown. The endpoint is live and returning a proper 402 challenge.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-request payment basis
- —Integrating pay-per-call employee lookups into agent workflows
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment protocol usage on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or apps needing on-demand employee data without subscription commitments
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —Bulk employee data exports requiring thousands of records at once
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or response schema guarantees before integrating
- —Non-crypto users who cannot pay with USDC on Base
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/177 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge with clear pricing. However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no response examples, and all documentation pages require wallet connection and yielded no content. The purpose of an 'employees/177' endpoint on a generic API platform is unclear — it may be a demo or placeholder resource.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — /docs, /pricing, and /README pages all require wallet connection and returned no content during crawl.
- —Response schema for the employee record is completely unknown; no examples or field descriptions are available.
- —The 'employees' resource seems unusual for a generic API platform — it may be sample/demo data rather than a production dataset.
- —The broader platform lists many endpoint categories (AI, finance, analytics) but this specific endpoint is an employee record, which doesn't fit neatly into any advertised category.
Citations
- —The x402 challenge advertises maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913), equaling $0.02 per request.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/177
- —The platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on the Base network.https://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Payment is sent to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 with a 300-second timeout.https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/177