Gas
by base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev in Onchain & crypto
Base gas oracle / Base gas price API / Base L2 gas fee tracker / real-time gas estimator / swap cost estimator. Returns the current Base fee, fast/standard/slow priority tiers, the USD cost of a typical swap, and a congestion recommendation. For AI agents, trading bots, and wallets timing transactions on Base to minimize gas.
https://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/gas- Price
- $0.002
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 168 ms
- 222 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 3 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/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
Built from the input schema. Replace the values with your own.
GET https://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/gasExample response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"baseFeeGwei": 0.004,
"chain": "base",
"recommendation": "very_cheap",
"tiers": {
"fast": {
"maxFeeGwei": 0.008,
"swapCostUsd": 0.0004,
"waitBlocks": 1
},
"slow": {
"maxFeeGwei": 0.005,
"swapCostUsd": 0.0002,
"waitBlocks": 10
},
"standard": {
"maxFeeGwei": 0.006,
"swapCostUsd": 0.0003,
"waitBlocks": 2
}
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}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://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/gas'
# 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://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/gas' \
| 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%2Fbase-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev%2Fgas
const res = await pay("https://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/gas");
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://base-intel-api.jakemaxsigal.workers.dev/gas")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 h ago | Passed | 402 | 222 ms | $0.002 |
| 8 h ago | Passed | 402 | 213 ms | $0.002 |
| 12 h ago | Passed | 402 | 138 ms | $0.002 |
| 17 h ago | Passed | 402 | 180 ms | $0.002 |
| 22 h ago | Passed | 402 | 162 ms | $0.002 |
Show 8 older checks
| 26 h ago | Passed | 402 | 143 ms | $0.002 |
| 30 h ago | Passed | 402 | 182 ms | $0.002 |
| 34 h ago | Passed | 402 | 210 ms | $0.002 |
| 38 h ago | Passed | 402 | 202 ms | $0.002 |
| 43 h ago | Passed | 402 | 162 ms | $0.002 |
| 47 h ago | Passed | 402 | 139 ms | $0.002 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 160 ms | $0.002 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 168 ms | $0.002 |