x402-gated employee data endpoint on Base, pay $0.02 per request in USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to an employee record (ID 162) via the x402 payment protocol. It is part of a broader platform offering dozens of pay-per-call API endpoints across data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, crypto, and utility categories — all gated behind x402 micropayments on the Base network using USDC.
The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/162` returns JSON (MIME type application/json) and is accessed via HTTP POST. Payment is settled on-chain on Base to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 using USDC (contract 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913). The maximum amount required per call is 20,000 base units of USDC (6 decimals), which equals $0.02. No API keys are needed; authentication and billing are handled entirely through the x402 payment header.
Documentation beyond the landing page is extremely sparse — the /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content. There is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no description of what fields the employee record contains. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the actual data payload and its usefulness cannot be verified from available materials.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-request payment basis
- —Demonstrating x402 micropayment integration on Base
- —Agent-driven data retrieval without API key management
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol
- —Agents that need on-demand employee data without subscription commitments
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data access
Not for
- —High-volume bulk employee data retrieval (no documented batch endpoints)
- —Users who need detailed documentation or schema guarantees before integrating
- —Anyone without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/162 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402_payment_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid x402 402 challenge, and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base). However, there is no documentation, no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and no description of what the employee data actually contains. The docs, pricing, and README pages are all empty beyond a wallet-connect prompt. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No documentation available — /docs, /pricing, /api, and /README pages all show only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —No OpenAPI or JSON schema describing request parameters or response fields
- —The nature and source of 'employee' data is completely undocumented — unclear whether this is sample/demo data or a real dataset
- —No robots.txt or agents.txt present
Citations
- —The endpoint returns a 402 challenge with maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/162
- —Platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/162
- —Documentation pages (/docs, /pricing, /api, /README) contain only 'Connect wallet' with no substantive contenthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs