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 employee record #160) 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). No API keys or rate limits are required — callers simply attach an X-PAYMENT header with a valid x402 payment proof.
The provider's landing page advertises a broad catalog of pay-per-call APIs spanning data & analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, infrastructure utilities, and more, all priced uniformly at $0.02 per request. However, the specific endpoint being listed here (/api/v1/employees/160) is not explicitly documented on the landing page or in any crawled documentation. The docs, pricing, and README pages all returned minimal content (just a "Connect wallet" prompt), so the exact schema of the employee record returned is unknown.
The endpoint is confirmed live: the probe received a proper HTTP 402 challenge with x402 version 1, indicating the payment gateway is operational. The output schema specifies a discoverable HTTP POST method returning application/json. Without sample responses or detailed documentation, the precise fields in the employee JSON payload remain unclear.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a pay-per-call basis without managing API keys
- —Agent-driven workflows that need structured employee information with micropayment settlement
- —Integrating employee data into dashboards or pipelines using x402 payment protocol
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Agents that need on-demand employee data with no subscription commitment
- —Applications requiring low-cost, per-request data access on Base L2
Not for
- —Bulk employee data exports requiring thousands of records at once
- —Use cases needing detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLA
- —Applications that cannot settle payments in USDC on the Base network
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/160 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_proof>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live via a valid 402 challenge, but the specific /employees/160 path is not documented anywhere on the site. No response schema, example payloads, or detailed docs were found — the docs/pricing/README pages all returned only 'Connect wallet'. The listing is essentially a stub with pricing and liveness confirmed but little else.
Warnings
- —The /api/v1/employees/160 endpoint is not listed on the provider's landing page among their advertised APIs
- —No documentation, response schema, or example responses are available for this endpoint
- —Docs, pricing, and README pages returned only 'Connect wallet' — effectively empty
- —The nature and structure of the employee data returned is entirely unknown
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with x402 version 1, maxAmountRequired 20000 in USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/160
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/160
- —The provider advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —The landing page lists APIs in categories: Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, Infrastructure — but does not list /api/v1/employees/160https://lowpaymentfee.com