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 records via the x402 payment protocol. The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/8` returns JSON data for employee ID 8 when called with a POST request and a valid X-PAYMENT header containing a USDC payment on the Base network.
The endpoint is part of a broader platform (lowpaymentfee.com) that offers dozens of pay-per-call APIs spanning data & analytics, AI & machine learning (sentiment analysis, summarization, classification, embeddings), finance & Web3 (price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates), and infrastructure utilities (geocoding, validation, conversion, generation). All endpoints on the platform are priced at $0.02 per request, paid in USDC on the Base network with no API keys, no rate limits, and no minimum commitments.
The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live, accepting payments to address `0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3` using USDC (contract `0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913`) with a max amount of 20,000 base units (i.e., $0.02 given USDC's 6 decimals). The payment timeout is 300 seconds. Documentation beyond the landing page is essentially empty (all sub-pages just show "Connect wallet"), so the exact schema of the employee data response is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee records on-demand without managing API keys or subscriptions
- —Integrating employee data lookups into agent workflows that support x402 micropayments
- —Demonstrating x402 protocol usage with a low-cost test endpoint
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol integrations
- —Agents that need simple pay-per-call data access on Base
- —Low-volume, on-demand employee data retrieval
Not for
- —Bulk employee data exports or high-throughput HR system integrations
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or response schema guarantees before calling
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/8 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live (402 challenge captured) and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no documentation of request/response formats, no example payloads, and all doc pages are empty stubs. The specific purpose of the employees endpoint is undocumented beyond the generic 'Premium API Access' label.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — all doc/pricing/README pages return only 'Connect wallet' with no content.
- —Response schema for /api/v1/employees/8 is completely unknown; no examples or field descriptions provided.
- —The endpoint appears to be a demo or placeholder — 'employees/8' is a single hardcoded resource with no documented query parameters or broader employee API surface.
- —Cannot verify what data is actually returned without making a paid request.
Citations
- —All endpoints priced at $0.02 per request, no API keys, no rate limits, Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units in USDC on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/8
- —USDC asset contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/8
- —Platform offers APIs across data & analytics, AI & ML, finance & Web3, and infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com