Dim Weight

{
  "actualWeight": 5,
  "asOf": "2026-10-11T23:32:56.181Z",
  "billableWeightExact": 12.432,
  "billableWeightRoundedUp": 13,
  "degraded": false,
  "dimensionalWeight": 12.432,
  "dimensionsUsed": [
    12,
    12
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "divisor": 139,
  "heavierBasis": "dimensional",
  "notChecked": [
    "the real current divisor and rounding rules of your carrier and service (they change and differ by contract)",
    "oversize, large-package and additional-handling surcharges",
    "…2 more"
  ],
  "reasons": [
    "Volume 1728 cubic inches divided by 139.",
    "Dimensions were used as given (set roundDims=true for carriers that round each side up)."
  ],
  "shipsBelowDimWeightByAmount": 7.432,
  "source": "computed locally (volume divided by divisor)",
  "summary": "Dimensional weight 12.43 lb vs actual 5 lb: billable 13 lb (dimensional weight wins, rounded up to a whole lb).",
  "unit": "in",
  "verdict": "BILLED_ON_DIMENSIONAL_WEIGHT",
  "volume": 1728,
  "weightUnit": "lb"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://shipping-calc.x402tookit.com/dim-weight?height=12&length=12&unit=in&weight=5&width=12'

# 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://shipping-calc.x402tookit.com/dim-weight?height=12&length=12&unit=in&weight=5&width=12' \
  | 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 $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
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 $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshipping-calc.x402tookit.com%2Fdim-weight
const res = await pay("https://shipping-calc.x402tookit.com/dim-weight?height=12&length=12&unit=in&weight=5&width=12");
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 $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://shipping-calc.x402tookit.com/dim-weight?height=12&length=12&unit=in&weight=5&width=12")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)