x402-gated employee data endpoint on Base, pay-per-request with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to an employee record (ID 27) behind an x402 paywall. The x402 challenge confirms the endpoint is live and accepts payment via the "exact" scheme on the Base network using USDC (contract 0x8335…2913). The maximum amount required per request is 20,000 base units of USDC, which at 6 decimals equals $0.02 per call.
The broader lowpaymentfee.com platform advertises a range of API categories including Data & Analytics, AI & Machine Learning, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure utilities — all priced at $0.02 per request. However, this specific endpoint (/api/v1/employees/27) is not listed on the homepage's catalog and its exact response schema is undocumented. The endpoint accepts HTTP POST requests and returns application/json. No OpenAPI spec, detailed documentation, or example responses were found during crawling; the docs, pricing, and README pages all rendered only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content.
Because the endpoint path suggests a single employee record lookup and no input schema or output schema details are available beyond the MIME type, the actual data returned is unknown. Users should treat this as a lightly documented, pay-per-call data endpoint. The platform requires no API keys and advertises no rate limits, with payment handled entirely through the x402 protocol on Base.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving employee record data for ID 27 via a single paid API call
- —Demonstrating x402 payment protocol integration on Base network
- —Agent-driven data retrieval with per-request micropayments
Fit
Best for
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment flows
- —Agents that need to fetch employee data without API key registration
- —Micropayment-gated data access on Base
Not for
- —Bulk employee data retrieval (single record endpoint)
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Applications requiring free or subscription-based access
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/27 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-token>"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 documented input/output schema, no example responses, and the docs pages are empty. The specific /employees/27 path isn't even listed in the site's own catalog, making the purpose and response format entirely opaque.
Warnings
- —No OpenAPI or schema documentation available for this endpoint
- —The /api/v1/employees/27 path is not listed in the provider's own API catalog on the homepage
- —Docs, pricing, and README pages returned no useful content beyond a wallet-connect prompt
- —Response format and fields are completely unknown — only MIME type application/json is confirmed
- —Purpose of 'employee' data is unclear; could be sample/demo data
Citations
- —Endpoint returns 402 with x402 challenge accepting USDC on Base network, maxAmountRequired 20000 base unitshttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/27
- —USDC asset contract is 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 on Basehttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/27
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Docs, pricing, and README pages render only a 'Connect wallet' prompt with no substantive documentationhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs