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Calc Bee Harris Benedict

by magent in Other

x402 APIFailing, checked 5 h ago

Harris–Benedict 1919 basal energy expenditure (kcal/day) from height, weight, age, and sex. Deterministic published formula with citation; not a nutrition prescription.

POST
https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict
Price
$0.007
per call in USDC
Uptime
91.4%
last 30 days
Response time
146 ms
315 ms slowest 5%
Last check
Failed
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How to call it

POST https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict

Each call costs $0.007 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.

POST https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict
content-type: application/json

{
  "items": [
    {
      "age": 25,
      "height_cm": 175,
      "height_in": 70,
      "sex": "male",
      "weight_kg": 70,
      "weight_lb": 154
    },
    {
      "age": 25,
      "height_cm": 175,
      "height_in": 70,
      "sex": "male",
      "weight_kg": 70,
      "weight_lb": 154
    }
  ]
}

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
itemsarray of objectYes

Example response

The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.

Example response, 42 lines
{
  "count": 2,
  "items": [
    {
      "age_years": 25,
      "bee_kcal_day": 1735.8,
      "citation": {
        "authors": "Harris JA, Benedict FG",
        "doi": null,
        "id": "harris-benedict-1919",
        "source": "Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 279; 1919",
        "title": "A Biometric Study of Basal Metabolism in Man"
      },
      "disclaimer": "Not a medical device. Deterministic published-formula or published-code output for autonomous agents. A licensed clinician remains responsible for patient care and billing submissions.",
      "formula": "harris_benedict_1919",
      "formula_expression": "BEE_kcal_day = 66.4730 + 13.7516*kg + 5.0033*cm - 6.7550*age (male); BEE_kcal_day = 655.0955 + 9.5634*kg + 1.8496*cm - 4.6756*age (female)",
      "height_cm": 175,
      "sex": "male",
      "units": "kcal/day",
      "weight_kg": 70
    },
    {
      "age_years": 25,
      "bee_kcal_day": 1735.8,
      "citation": {
        "authors": "Harris JA, Benedict FG",
        "doi": null,
        "id": "harris-benedict-1919",
        "source": "Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 279; 1919",
        "title": "A Biometric Study of Basal Metabolism in Man"
      },
      "disclaimer": "Not a medical device. Deterministic published-formula or published-code output for autonomous agents. A licensed clinician remains responsible for patient care and billing submissions.",
      "formula": "harris_benedict_1919",
      "formula_expression": "BEE_kcal_day = 66.4730 + 13.7516*kg + 5.0033*cm - 6.7550*age (male); BEE_kcal_day = 655.0955 + 9.5634*kg + 1.8496*cm - 4.6756*age (female)",
      "height_cm": 175,
      "sex": "male",
      "units": "kcal/day",
      "weight_kg": 70
    }
  ],
  "path": "/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict"
}

Call it from code

The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.007.

curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"items":[{"age":25,"height_cm":175,"height_in":70,"sex":"male","weight_kg":70,"weight_lb":154},{"age":25,"height_cm":175,"height_in":70,"sex":"male","weight_kg":70,"weight_lb":154}]}'

# 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 - -X POST 'https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"items":[{"age":25,"height_cm":175,"height_in":70,"sex":"male","weight_kg":70,"weight_lb":154},{"age":25,"height_cm":175,"height_in":70,"sex":"male","weight_kg":70,"weight_lb":154}]}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode
JavaScript: 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 $0.007 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.007" });
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 $0.007 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.magentlab.com%2Fapi%2Fcalc%2Fbee_harris_benedict&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "items": [
      {
        "age": 25,
        "height_cm": 175,
        "height_in": 70,
        "sex": "male",
        "weight_kg": 70,
        "weight_lb": 154
      },
      {
        "age": 25,
        "height_cm": 175,
        "height_in": 70,
        "sex": "male",
        "weight_kg": 70,
        "weight_lb": 154
      }
    ]
  }),
});
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 $0.007 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.007"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/bee_harris_benedict",
        json={
            "items": [
                {
                    "age": 25,
                    "height_cm": 175,
                    "height_in": 70,
                    "sex": "male",
                    "weight_kg": 70,
                    "weight_lb": 154,
                },
                {
                    "age": 25,
                    "height_cm": 175,
                    "height_in": 70,
                    "sex": "male",
                    "weight_kg": 70,
                    "weight_lb": 154,
                },
            ],
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)

Security scan

1 finding

  • Charges more than its listed price in payment
    Listed at $0.005, charges $0.007

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History

11 Oct 2026Price changed from $0.005 to $0.007