Chain

{
  "as_of": "2026-10-12",
  "chain": {
    "as_of": "2026-10-12",
    "block_explorer": "https://basescan.org",
    "chain_id": "eip155:8453",
    "finality_class": "unknown",
    "gas_token": "ETH",
    "mpp_settles": "unknown",
    "name": "Base",
    "notes": [
      "..."
    ],
    "slug": "base",
    "source": [
      {
        "fact": "chain_id",
        "url": "https://docs.base.org"
      }
    ],
    "stablecoins": [
      "USDC"
    ],
    "x402_settles": true
  },
  "note": "..."
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://payments-intel-production.up.railway.app/v1/chain?chain=base'

# 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://payments-intel-production.up.railway.app/v1/chain?chain=base' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// 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 $0.001 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.001" });
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 $0.001 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpayments-intel-production.up.railway.app%2Fv1%2Fchain
const res = await pay("https://payments-intel-production.up.railway.app/v1/chain?chain=base");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# 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 $0.001 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.001"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://payments-intel-production.up.railway.app/v1/chain?chain=base")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)