Check wallet BAL token balance via x402 micropayment on Base for $0.02 per request.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides a wallet balance lookup for the BAL token, accessible via the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader suite of pay-per-call APIs offered by the same provider, spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities. All endpoints on the platform share a uniform $0.02-per-request pricing model, settled in USDC on the Base network.
The specific endpoint `/api/v1/wallet/BAL/balance` accepts POST requests and returns JSON. Payment is handled inline via the x402 protocol: callers attach an `X-PAYMENT` header containing a signed USDC payment of up to 0.02 USDC (maxAmountRequired = 20000 base units, USDC has 6 decimals) to the provider's address on Base. No API keys or accounts are required — access is granted per-request upon valid payment. The provider advertises no rate limits and instant access.
Documentation beyond the landing page is extremely thin — the /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README pages all resolve to a wallet-connect prompt with no substantive content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no detailed description of what fields the balance response contains or what input parameters (if any) the POST body expects. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the lack of documentation makes integration speculative.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Querying BAL token balance for a given wallet address
- —Integrating on-chain balance checks into automated trading or portfolio dashboards
- —Agent-driven wallet monitoring without API key management
Fit
Best for
- —Developers needing quick, keyless wallet balance lookups
- —AI agents that can settle micropayments via x402 on Base
- —Applications requiring pay-per-call pricing with no subscription commitment
Not for
- —Bulk or high-volume balance queries where per-call fees add up quickly
- —Users who need detailed documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Querying balances for tokens other than BAL (this endpoint is BAL-specific)
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/wallet/BAL/balance \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-signed-payment-header>" \
-d '{"address": "0xYourWalletAddress"}'Example
Request
{
"address": "0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678"
}Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid 402 challenge and clear pricing ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no OpenAPI schema, no documented request/response format, and all documentation pages are empty wallet-connect stubs. The request body and response structure are entirely inferred.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — /docs, /api, /pricing, and /README pages all return only a wallet-connect prompt with no content.
- —No OpenAPI or schema definition found; request and response formats are unknown.
- —The example request JSON is speculative — the actual required POST body is not documented.
- —It is unclear what 'BAL' refers to (possibly Balancer token, but unconfirmed).
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units in USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/wallet/BAL/balance
- —All APIs on the platform are priced at $0.02 per request with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset address 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/wallet/BAL/balance