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 records via the x402 payment protocol. The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/84` returns JSON data for employee ID 84, gated behind a per-request USDC micropayment on the Base network. The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live and accepts payments of up to $0.02 (20,000 base units of USDC with 6 decimals) per call.
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform advertises a wide 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 at a uniform $0.02 per request. The platform emphasizes no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access, with all payments settled on the Base network.
However, documentation is extremely thin. The docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no further technical detail. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema documentation, and no example payloads available. The exact structure of the employee data returned by this endpoint is unknown. The endpoint accepts POST requests based on the x402 challenge's outputSchema.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee records by ID with per-call payment
- —Integrating employee data into agent workflows without API key management
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment protocol usage on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand employee data without subscription commitments
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs
- —Low-volume data lookups where per-call pricing is economical
Not for
- —High-volume bulk employee data exports (no documented batch endpoint)
- —Use cases requiring detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Applications needing authenticated, auditable access control beyond payment
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/84 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-header>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and confirms pricing and payment details, but there is zero documentation beyond the landing page listing. No OpenAPI spec, no request/response schemas, no example payloads, and all doc pages render only 'Connect wallet'. The actual data returned by the employees endpoint is completely unknown.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available — request and response formats are unknown
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, API, README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —The specific data returned for employee records is undocumented; use at your own risk
- —This endpoint path (/api/v1/employees/84) is not listed on the provider's own landing page catalog
Citations
- —The x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 in USDC (6 decimals) on Base, equaling $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/84
- —The platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/84
- —Documentation pages render only 'Connect wallet' with no technical contenthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs