x402-gated employee salary endpoint on Base, pay-per-request with USDC.
What it does
This endpoint at lowpaymentfee.com provides access to employee salary data via an x402 payment-gated API. The specific resource `/api/v1/employees/124/salary` returns salary information for employee ID 124 when called with a POST request and a valid x402 payment header. Payment is settled in USDC on the Base network.
The endpoint charges a maximum of 0.02 USDC per request (20,000 base units with 6 decimals). The provider site lowpaymentfee.com hosts a broader catalog of pay-per-call APIs spanning data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance, and utility services, all priced at $0.02 per request. No API keys or rate limits are advertised; access is gated entirely through the x402 micropayment protocol.
Documentation is extremely sparse. The crawled docs, API, pricing, and README pages all returned 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 salary response contains. The endpoint is confirmed live (returns a proper 402 challenge), but the actual data returned after payment is unknown.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Retrieving salary information for a specific employee via micropayment
- —Integrating pay-per-call employee data into HR or payroll workflows
- —Agent-driven lookups of compensation data without API key management
Fit
Best for
- —Agents needing on-demand employee salary data without subscription commitments
- —Developers experimenting with x402 payment-gated APIs on Base
- —Low-volume, pay-as-you-go access to employee records
Not for
- —Bulk payroll data exports requiring thousands of records at once
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or schema guarantees before integrating
- —Anyone without a Base-compatible USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/124/salary \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-header>"Endpoint
Quality
The endpoint is live and returns a valid x402 402 challenge, but there is no OpenAPI schema, no request/response examples, and all documentation pages are empty stubs showing only 'Connect wallet'. The purpose of this specific employee salary endpoint is unclear beyond its URL path, and no response format is documented.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — all doc pages return only 'Connect wallet'
- —No OpenAPI or output schema provided; response format is completely unknown
- —The endpoint path suggests access to individual employee salary data, which may involve sensitive/regulated PII
- —This specific endpoint (/employees/124/salary) is not listed on the provider's homepage catalog — it may be a demo or test resource
Citations
- —Endpoint returns a valid x402 402 challenge with USDC on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/124/salary
- —maxAmountRequired is 20000 base units of USDC (0.02 USDC)https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/employees/124/salary
- —Provider advertises $0.02 per request, no API keys, no rate limitshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Documentation pages return only 'Connect wallet' with no substantive contenthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs