Real-time stock price data for PNC via x402 micropayment on Base, $0.02 per request.
What it does
This endpoint returns the current stock price for PNC Financial Services Group (ticker: PNC) via an x402-gated API hosted at lowpaymentfee.com. Each request costs $0.02, paid in USDC on the Base network. No API keys, accounts, or rate limits are required — payment is handled inline via the x402 protocol's X-PAYMENT header.
The provider, lowpaymentfee.com, offers a broad catalog of pay-per-call endpoints spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/crypto market data, and utility services, all priced at $0.02 per request. This specific endpoint is part of the Finance & Web3 category and serves stock price data. The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON.
Documentation beyond the landing page is extremely sparse — the /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional technical detail. There is no OpenAPI spec, no example request/response payloads, and no description of the response schema. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the exact structure of the returned stock price data must be inferred.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Fetching the current stock price of PNC for portfolio tracking or alerting
- —Integrating real-time PNC equity data into trading bots or financial dashboards
- —Agent-driven stock price lookups without managing API keys or subscriptions
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents needing on-demand stock price data with no signup
- —Developers wanting pay-per-call stock data without rate limits
- —Crypto-native applications that can pay in USDC on Base
Not for
- —Bulk historical stock data retrieval (only serves current price)
- —Users who cannot transact in USDC on the Base network
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/PNC/price \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid 402 challenge and clear pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI spec, no documented request/response schema, no example payloads, and the docs pages are empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. The listing is functional but largely a stub.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available — response format is unknown
- —All documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /api, /README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no technical content
- —No example request or response payloads are available from the provider
- —The exact data source for stock prices is not disclosed
Citations
- —Endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units (USDC, 6 decimals = $0.02) on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/PNC/price
- —Provider advertises $0.02 per request, no API keys, no rate limits, instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 is USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com