x402-gated account balance endpoint on Base, pay-per-call with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides a "Premium API Access" account balance lookup via the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader platform that offers dozens of pay-per-request APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3 data, and infrastructure utilities — all gated behind x402 micropayments on the Base network using USDC.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/accounts/36/balance` accepts POST requests and returns JSON. The x402 challenge indicates a maximum cost of 20,000 base units of USDC (0x8335… on Base), which equals $0.02 per request (USDC uses 6 decimals). The platform advertises uniform $0.02/request pricing across all endpoints, with no API keys, no rate limits, and no minimum commitments required. Payment is settled on-chain via the x402 "exact" scheme.
Documentation on the site is extremely thin — the docs, API, pricing, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional technical detail. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema documentation, and no usage examples available from the crawled content. The endpoint is confirmed live (402 challenge returned), but the actual behavior and response format of the balance query can only be guessed from the endpoint path and description.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying account balance information via a single paid API call
- —Integrating pay-per-use balance lookups into agent workflows without API key management
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment protocol usage on Base
Fit
Best for
- —Developers exploring x402 protocol integrations
- —Agents needing keyless, pay-per-call API access on Base
- —Quick one-off balance queries without subscription overhead
Not for
- —High-volume balance polling where per-request fees add up
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or SDKs before integrating
- —Anyone without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/36/balance \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live via a valid 402 challenge, and pricing is clear ($0.02/request in USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, no documentation beyond a wallet-connect prompt, and no examples. The purpose of this specific endpoint (account 36 balance) is opaque. Effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — docs, pricing, and README pages all show only 'Connect wallet'
- —No OpenAPI or request/response schema provided
- —The specific purpose of '/api/v1/accounts/36/balance' is unclear — it may be a demo or placeholder endpoint
- —No examples of request body or response format available
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with x402Version 1, exact scheme, on Base network using USDC (asset 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913)https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/36/balance
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (6 decimals) = $0.02 per requesthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/accounts/36/balance
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing, no API keys, no rate limits, instant access, Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Platform offers APIs across Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com