Testnet Base Sepolia Eth
Use when an agent, x402 test or CI job needs Base Sepolia gas now: one x402 call, no faucet login or mainnet history. Input: to (recipient address); sends 0.1 ETH (1 ETH: /v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth/1). Output: JSON txHash (confirmed before settling), explorerUrl, amountEth, from, to. Daily limits (UTC): 5 ETH per address (both sizes), 20 overall; checked before payment. Test ETH has no monetary value. Example: ?to=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD
https://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth- Price
- $0.05
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 50.0%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 508 ms
- 1.8 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Failed
- 4 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
Latest check failed 4 h ago: Expected HTTP 402, got 503
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How to call it
GET https://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth
Each call costs $0.05 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://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth?to=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaDParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
to | string | Yes | Recipient address (EIP-55 checksum if mixed case). Bad input, caps reached or out of stock → 4xx/503 before payment (not charged) |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"amountEth": "0.1",
"amountWei": "100000000000000000",
"blockNumber": 11978027,
"chainId": 84532,
"explorerUrl": "https://sepolia.basescan.org/tx/0x5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e",
"from": "0xdB00079cad3e665853Bf766eFe26F4C38cdbdCDA",
"network": "base-sepolia",
"nonce": 42,
"notes": [
"Base Sepolia test ETH has no monetary value; it is for testing only."
],
"status": "confirmed",
"to": "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD",
"txHash": "0x5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e5e"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.05.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth?to=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD'
# 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://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth?to=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD' \
| 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 $0.05 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.05" });
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 $0.05 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2F1gateway.dev%2Fv1%2Ftestnet%2Fbase-sepolia-eth
const res = await pay("https://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth?to=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD");
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 $0.05 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.05"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://1gateway.dev/v1/testnet/base-sepolia-eth?to=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 503 | 503 | 662 ms | - |
| 11 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 503 | 503 | 1.0 s | - |
| 18 h ago | Passed | 402 | 506 ms | $0.05 |
| 25 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 503 | 503 | 1.0 s | - |
| 32 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 503 | 503 | 708 ms | - |
Show 3 older checks
| 38 h ago | Passed | 402 | 646 ms | $0.05 |
| 45 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.8 s | $0.05 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 508 ms | $0.05 |