Base Token Info
by 1gateway in Onchain & crypto
Use when an agent needs an ERC-20's basics on Base before quoting, transferring or approving it. Input: address (token contract); optional holder (adds balance and share of supply) and spender (adds allowance, flags unlimited approvals). Output: JSON block+time, name, symbol, decimals, totalSupply raw and decimal, known issuer if curated. Name/symbol are self-reported. EOA or non-ERC-20: 4xx, not charged. Example: ?address=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913
https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info- Price
- $0.002
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 694 ms
- 1.0 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 3 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info
Each call costs $0.002 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info?address=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913&holder=0x6246eee0355Dd7A93C888fE59e1151388A0cC5a1&spender=0x000000000022D473030F116dDEE9F6B43aC78BA3Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
address | string | Yes | ERC-20 token contract on Base mainnet (0x + 40 hex; mixed case must be a valid EIP-55 checksum). EOA → 400, non-ERC-20 contract → 422 (not charged) |
holder | string | No | Optional address whose token balance and share of total supply to include |
spender | string | No | Optional spender; with holder, adds allowance(holder, spender). Needs holder. |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 28 lines
{
"address": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"allowance": null,
"block": {
"number": 52515382,
"timestamp": "2026-10-12T15:48:31.000Z"
},
"chain": "base",
"chainId": 8453,
"codeSize": 1852,
"decimals": 6,
"holder": null,
"knownIssuer": {
"issuer": "Circle",
"note": "Circle-issued stablecoin; the issuer can mint, blacklist, pause and upgrade it (centralized control, expected for this asset)"
},
"name": "USD Coin",
"note": "Token metadata is whatever the contract reports (name and symbol are not verified and can imitate another token). For risk signals use /v1/onchain/base/token-r…",
"rpc": {
"kind": "public",
"source": "base-rpc.publicnode.com"
},
"symbol": "USDC",
"totalSupply": {
"amount": 4445795059.965714,
"raw": "4445795059965714"
}
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.002.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info?address=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913&holder=0x6246eee0355Dd7A93C888fE59e1151388A0cC5a1&spender=0x000000000022D473030F116dDEE9F6B43aC78BA3'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info?address=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913&holder=0x6246eee0355Dd7A93C888fE59e1151388A0cC5a1&spender=0x000000000022D473030F116dDEE9F6B43aC78BA3' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.002 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.002" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.002 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2F1gateway.dev%2Fv1%2Fonchain%2Fbase%2Ftoken-info
const res = await pay("https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info?address=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913&holder=0x6246eee0355Dd7A93C888fE59e1151388A0cC5a1&spender=0x000000000022D473030F116dDEE9F6B43aC78BA3");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.002 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.002"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://1gateway.dev/v1/onchain/base/token-info?address=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913&holder=0x6246eee0355Dd7A93C888fE59e1151388A0cC5a1&spender=0x000000000022D473030F116dDEE9F6B43aC78BA3")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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