x402-gated premium API access on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides "Premium API Access" behind an x402 paywall on the Base network. The site hosts a broad catalog of pay-per-call APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference (sentiment analysis, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance & Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation). All endpoints are priced at $0.02 per request, settled in USDC on Base with no API keys, no rate limits, and no commitments required.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/charges/169` is labeled "Premium API Access" in the x402 challenge and accepts HTTP POST requests. The challenge advertises a maxAmountRequired of 20,000 base units of USDC (0x8335…2913 on Base), which equals $0.02 given USDC's 6 decimals. Payment is made via the x402 exact scheme with a 300-second timeout. The endpoint returns application/json.
Documentation is extremely sparse — the /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further content. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema documentation, and no examples available. It is unclear what specific functionality the `/api/v1/charges/169` path provides beyond the generic "Premium API Access" label, as the site's catalog lists many different endpoints but this particular path does not appear among them.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Accessing pay-per-call API services without API key registration
- —Making micropayment-gated API requests settled in USDC on Base
- —Agent-driven programmatic access to premium endpoints via x402 protocol
Fit
Best for
- —Developers wanting keyless, pay-as-you-go API access
- —AI agents that can settle x402 payments autonomously on Base
- —Users who prefer crypto micropayments over subscription billing
Not for
- —Users needing detailed API documentation or schemas before integrating
- —Anyone without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
- —High-volume use cases where per-request pricing may add up
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/charges/169 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 challenge, but documentation is essentially nonexistent — all doc pages show only 'Connect wallet'. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, no examples, and the specific purpose of /api/v1/charges/169 is unclear. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README all render only 'Connect wallet'
- —No OpenAPI or schema definition found
- —The specific endpoint /api/v1/charges/169 does not appear in the site's listed API catalog, making its purpose unclear
- —No request or response examples available
Citations
- —The site lists APIs across data & analytics, AI/ML, finance & Web3, and infrastructure, all priced at $0.02/requesthttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Pricing is $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, instant access, on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —x402 challenge shows maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC (0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) on Base with 300s timeouthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/charges/169