Chain Gas
by ManyLives Onchain in Onchain & crypto
Use before sending a transaction on the Base network: current Base network gas: base fee, suggested priority fee and max fee, and the cost in ETH of a plain transfer and of a typical token transfer.
https://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas- Price
- $0.002
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 494 ms
- 661 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 4 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
How to call it
GET https://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas
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://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas?units=gweiParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
units | string | No | optional: gwei (default) or wei; fee field names end in the unit used |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"base_fee_gwei": "0.005",
"block": 123,
"max_fee_gwei": "0.011",
"priority_fee_gwei": "0.001",
"token_transfer_cost_eth": "0.00000071",
"transfer_cost_eth": "0.000000231"
}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://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas?units=gwei'
# 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://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas?units=gwei' \
| 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%2Fapi.manylives.me%2Fpaid%2Fchain%2Fgas
const res = await pay("https://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas?units=gwei");
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://api.manylives.me/paid/chain/gas?units=gwei")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 h ago | Passed | 402 | 505 ms | $0.002 |
| 8 h ago | Passed | 402 | 467 ms | $0.002 |
| 12 h ago | Passed | 402 | 485 ms | $0.002 |
| 16 h ago | Passed | 402 | 494 ms | $0.002 |
| 21 h ago | Passed | 402 | 536 ms | $0.002 |
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| 25 h ago | Passed | 402 | 407 ms | $0.002 |
| 29 h ago | Passed | 402 | 510 ms | $0.002 |
| 33 h ago | Passed | 402 | 472 ms | $0.002 |
| 37 h ago | Passed | 402 | 647 ms | $0.002 |
| 41 h ago | Passed | 402 | 393 ms | $0.002 |
| 45 h ago | Passed | 402 | 474 ms | $0.002 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 496 ms | $0.002 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 661 ms | $0.002 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 673 ms | $0.002 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 498 ms | $0.002 |