Pay-per-call employee data API on Base via x402, settled in USDC at $0.02/request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to employee data (specifically employee record #167) via the x402 payment protocol. It accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913) with a maximum cost of 20,000 base units, which equals $0.02 per request (USDC uses 6 decimals).
The provider, lowpaymentfee.com, hosts a broader 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 advertised at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and no minimum commitments.
This specific endpoint (/api/v1/employees/167) is not listed on the provider's landing page catalog, and no documentation beyond the x402 challenge and the generic site description is available. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the exact schema of the employee data returned after payment is unknown. There is no OpenAPI spec, no detailed docs, and no example responses available from the crawl.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on-demand with per-call USDC payment
- —Integrating employee lookups into agent workflows without API key management
- —Demonstrating x402 protocol payment flows for data access
Fit
Best for
- —Agents or applications needing keyless, pay-per-call employee data access
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol on Base
- —Scenarios where no subscription or rate-limit management is desired
Not for
- —Bulk employee data retrieval (pay-per-call at $0.02 adds up quickly)
- —Use cases requiring detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Applications that need employee search/query capabilities (this is a single-record endpoint)
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/167 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge with clear pricing. However, there is no OpenAPI spec, no documentation, no example request/response, and the employee data schema is completely unknown. The endpoint path (/api/v1/employees/167) does not appear in the provider's own catalog, making it unclear what data is actually returned.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available for this endpoint
- —The /api/v1/employees/167 path is not listed in the provider's public API catalog
- —No example responses available; the structure of employee data returned is unknown
- —Docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no useful content
- —Single hardcoded employee ID (167) — unclear if other IDs are supported or how to discover them
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units in USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/167
- —All endpoints are advertised at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/167