Retrieve employee SSN data via x402 micropayment on Base network for $0.02 per request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com returns employee Social Security Number (SSN) data for a specific employee (ID 104) behind an x402 paywall. The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is settled in USDC on the Base network using the x402 "exact" scheme, with a maximum cost of $0.02 per request (20,000 base units of USDC with 6 decimals).
The provider lowpaymentfee.com hosts a broad catalog of pay-per-call APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, and utility services — all priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and no commitments. However, the specific endpoint being listed here is narrowly scoped: it serves SSN data for employee 104. No documentation beyond the landing page is available (docs, pricing, and README pages all render only a wallet-connect prompt with no substantive content).
Because this endpoint returns personally identifiable information (SSN), consumers should exercise extreme caution regarding legal and regulatory compliance (e.g., FCRA, state privacy laws, GDPR if applicable). The provenance and legitimacy of the underlying data is unknown from the available materials.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving SSN for employee verification workflows
- —Programmatic access to employee PII behind a paywall
- —Agent-driven identity data retrieval with per-call payment
Fit
Best for
- —Developers needing on-demand employee SSN data with no subscription
- —AI agents that can settle x402 payments on Base
- —Pay-per-use PII access without API key management
Not for
- —Bulk SSN lookups (single employee ID hardcoded in path)
- —Use cases requiring regulatory-compliant PII sourcing with auditable provenance
- —Users who cannot settle USDC payments on Base network
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104/ssn \
-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 request/response examples, no documentation beyond a landing page, and the endpoint exposes sensitive PII (SSN) with no information about data provenance or compliance. The docs/pricing/README pages are empty wallet-connect stubs.
Warnings
- —Endpoint returns personally identifiable information (SSN) — verify legal/regulatory compliance before use.
- —Data provenance is completely unknown; no documentation explains where employee data originates.
- —No OpenAPI schema or response examples available — request/response format must be discovered empirically.
- —Documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) contain no substantive content.
- —Single hardcoded employee ID (104) in the path — unclear if other IDs are supported.
- —Potential FCRA, state privacy law, and GDPR implications for SSN data access.
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge advertising USDC payment on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104/ssn
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (6 decimals) = $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104/ssn
- —Provider advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104/ssn