Pay-per-call employee data API on Base, settled in USDC via x402 at $0.02/request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to employee data (specifically record #108) via an x402-gated POST request. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913) at a cost of $0.02 per request (20,000 base units with 6 decimals). The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live and accepts the "exact" payment scheme with a 300-second timeout.
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform advertises a range of pay-per-call APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML (sentiment, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance & Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation) — all priced at $0.02 per request. The platform emphasizes no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access.
However, the specific endpoint `/api/v1/employees/108` is not listed among the advertised API categories on the landing page, and no documentation, request schema, or response schema is available for it. The docs, pricing, and API pages all returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. Without an OpenAPI spec, example payloads, or documentation describing what employee data is returned, the actual utility and data shape of this endpoint remain unclear.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data via a single paid API call
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment-gated API access on Base
- —Integrating pay-per-call employee lookups into agent workflows
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocols
- —Agents needing on-demand employee data without API key management
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —Bulk employee data exports or high-volume batch processing
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or response schema guarantees before integrating
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/108 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but there is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, no documentation, and the specific /employees/108 endpoint is not even listed on the provider's own landing page. The docs pages are empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —The /api/v1/employees/108 endpoint is not listed among the provider's advertised APIs on the landing page — its purpose and legitimacy are unclear.
- —No documentation, OpenAPI spec, or response schema is available for this endpoint.
- —All doc/pricing/API pages return only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no substantive content.
- —The nature and source of 'employee data' is unspecified — could involve sensitive/regulated PII.
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge requesting USDC payment on Base network with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base unitshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/108
- —USDC contract address is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/108
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —The /api/v1/employees/108 path is not listed among the provider's advertised API endpointshttps://lowpaymentfee.com