x402-gated employee data endpoint on Base, pay-per-request with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com serves employee data behind an x402 payment wall. The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/104` returns JSON data for employee record 104 when a valid X-PAYMENT header is provided. Payment is settled on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913) with a maximum cost of $0.02 per request (20,000 base units at 6 decimals).
lowpaymentfee.com is a broader platform offering multiple x402-gated API categories including Data & Analytics, AI & Machine Learning, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure utilities — all priced at $0.02 per request. The platform advertises no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access. However, the specific `/api/v1/employees/104` endpoint is not listed among the publicly advertised APIs on the landing page, and no documentation or schema details are available for this particular resource beyond what the 402 challenge reveals.
The endpoint accepts POST requests and returns `application/json`. No OpenAPI spec, detailed field schema, or example responses were found in the crawl. The docs, pricing, and API pages all rendered only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. As a result, the actual shape of the employee data returned is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on demand with per-request USDC payment
- —Integrating employee information into agent workflows without API key management
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol for data access
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand employee data with no subscription commitment
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol on Base
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data retrieval
Not for
- —High-volume bulk employee data exports (no documented batch endpoint)
- —Use cases requiring detailed schema guarantees or SLA commitments
- —Users without Base network USDC for payment
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104 \
-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), but there is no OpenAPI spec, no response schema, no example data, and the docs pages are empty. The specific employee endpoint isn't even listed on the site's public API catalog, making its purpose and output uncertain.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or response schema available — the shape of employee data returned is unknown
- —The /api/v1/employees/104 path is not listed among the site's publicly advertised endpoints
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, API, README) returned only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no content
- —No information on what fields an employee record contains or whether other employee IDs are valid
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge requesting USDC payment on Base network with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base unitshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104
- —The platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant accesshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/104