X402 Presign Handoff
by Agent Mercantile in Onchain & crypto
Produce a normalized pre-sign evidence packet for one unpaid x402 v2 exact Base USDC EIP-3009 requirement: request identity, selected requirement including asset transfer method, public payer coverage, caller ceiling, optional baseline evidence, and an integrity digest. Non-eip3009 or incomplete transfer methods fail closed. Does not sign, pay, construct a transaction, read payment-authority allowances, or recommend whether to buy.
https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff- Price
- $0.01
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 305 ms
- 488 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 3 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
POST https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff
Each call costs $0.01 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.
POST https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff
content-type: application/json
{
"allowed_pay_to": [
"0xdb7b2b54f80479826222749a2ea73a8acc306e1e"
],
"max_amount_atomic": "20000",
"method": "POST",
"payer_address": "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
"resource_url": "https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/url-context"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
allowed_pay_to | array of string | Yes | |
max_amount_atomic | string | Yes | |
method | string | Yes | One of: GET, POST. |
payer_address | string | Yes | |
resource_url | string (uri) | Yes | Public HTTPS x402 resource URL. |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"decision": "READY",
"machine": "VM09",
"methodology_version": "x402-presign-handoff-0.1.0",
"status": "OK"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"allowed_pay_to":["0xdb7b2b54f80479826222749a2ea73a8acc306e1e"],"max_amount_atomic":"20000","method":"POST","payer_address":"0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111","resource_url":"https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/url-context"}'
# 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 - -X POST 'https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"allowed_pay_to":["0xdb7b2b54f80479826222749a2ea73a8acc306e1e"],"max_amount_atomic":"20000","method":"POST","payer_address":"0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111","resource_url":"https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/url-context"}' \
| 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 $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
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 $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.agentmercantile.com%2Fv1%2Fx402-presign-handoff&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"allowed_pay_to": [
"0xdb7b2b54f80479826222749a2ea73a8acc306e1e"
],
"max_amount_atomic": "20000",
"method": "POST",
"payer_address": "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
"resource_url": "https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/url-context"
}),
});
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 $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/x402-presign-handoff",
json={
"allowed_pay_to": [
"0xdb7b2b54f80479826222749a2ea73a8acc306e1e",
],
"max_amount_atomic": "20000",
"method": "POST",
"payer_address": "0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
"resource_url": "https://api.agentmercantile.com/v1/url-context",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 h ago | Passed | 402 | 109 ms | $0.01 |
| 8 h ago | Passed | 402 | 476 ms | $0.01 |
| 13 h ago | Passed | 402 | 249 ms | $0.01 |
| 17 h ago | Passed | 402 | 285 ms | $0.01 |
| 22 h ago | Passed | 402 | 409 ms | $0.01 |
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| 26 h ago | Passed | 402 | 250 ms | $0.01 |
| 30 h ago | Passed | 402 | 213 ms | $0.01 |
| 34 h ago | Passed | 402 | 417 ms | $0.01 |
| 38 h ago | Passed | 402 | 411 ms | $0.01 |
| 43 h ago | Passed | 402 | 275 ms | $0.01 |
| 47 h ago | Passed | 402 | 262 ms | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 252 ms | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 362 ms | $0.01 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 443 ms | $0.01 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 251 ms | $0.01 |