Historical stock price data for COST (Costco) via x402 micropayment on Base, $0.02/request.
What it does
This endpoint provides historical stock price data for Costco (ticker: COST) through the lowpaymentfee.com platform. It is part of a broader suite of pay-per-request APIs covering data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility services. The endpoint uses the x402 payment protocol, settling in USDC on the Base network at $0.02 per request.
The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is handled via the X-PAYMENT header using the x402 "exact" scheme — no API keys, accounts, or rate limits are required. The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live, advertising a maxAmountRequired of 20,000 base units of USDC (0.02 USD, since USDC uses 6 decimals) paid to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3.
Documentation is extremely sparse. The provider's landing page lists available endpoints and pricing but provides no request/response schemas, parameter documentation, or example payloads. The /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. As a result, the exact request body format and response structure for this stock history endpoint are unknown and must be discovered experimentally.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving historical price data for Costco (COST) stock for backtesting or analysis
- —Building automated trading or portfolio monitoring agents that pay per query
- —Integrating stock history into AI agent workflows without managing API keys
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand stock history without subscription commitments
- —x402-native applications settling micropayments in USDC on Base
- —Developers prototyping financial data pipelines with pay-per-use pricing
Not for
- —High-frequency trading requiring sub-second latency and bulk data
- —Users who need comprehensive documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Applications requiring real-time streaming stock quotes
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/COST/history \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_token>"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and pricing is clear ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no documentation, no request/response schema, no examples, and no OpenAPI spec. The docs pages are empty beyond a wallet connect prompt. This is effectively a stub listing with confirmed liveness but unknown API contract.
Warnings
- —No request or response schema documented — input parameters and output format are unknown
- —All documentation pages (/docs, /api, /pricing, /README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —No OpenAPI or machine-readable spec available
- —The specific data source and coverage period for COST stock history is unspecified
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge advertising maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/COST/history
- —Platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract on Base is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/stocks/COST/history