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 34) 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/Web3, and infrastructure utility categories — all priced at $0.02 per request and settled in USDC on the Base network.
The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/34` returns JSON and accepts POST requests. Payment is handled inline via the x402 protocol: callers attach an `X-PAYMENT` header containing a signed USDC payment of up to 20,000 base units (i.e., $0.02, since USDC uses 6 decimals). The payment is sent to address `0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3` on Base mainnet, with a 300-second timeout window. No API keys, rate limits, or upfront commitments are required.
Documentation on the site is extremely thin — the docs, pricing, API, and README pages all render only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no additional content. There is no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, 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 use case remain unclear from available materials.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data on a per-request payment basis
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol integration for API monetization
- —Agent-driven data retrieval with inline crypto micropayments
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment protocol
- —Agents that need to fetch structured employee data without API key registration
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go data access on Base
Not for
- —Production HR systems requiring documented schemas and SLAs
- —Bulk employee data retrieval (no batch endpoint documented)
- —Users who cannot transact in USDC on Base network
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/34 \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-signed-payment-header>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is confirmed live with a valid 402 challenge, but there is no documentation, no OpenAPI spec, no request/response schema, and no explanation of what the employee data contains. The docs pages are empty. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available — response format is unknown
- —All documentation pages (docs, pricing, API, README) render only 'Connect wallet' with no content
- —The nature and source of 'employee' data is undocumented — unclear whether this is sample/demo data or a real dataset
- —No request body schema provided; unclear what POST body (if any) is expected
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge advertising USDC payment on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/34
- —Platform advertises $0.02 per request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (6 decimals) = $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/34
- —USDC asset contract on Base: 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/34