Building Machine-Payable APIs: Introducing x402 Web Scraper on Base

AI agents need clean web data, but traditional subscriptions, credit cards, and API keys create major friction for autonomous programmatic workflows. Today, I am launching x402 Scraper API—a web extraction service built natively around the HTTP 402 Payment Required standard.

How It Works

Instead of managing accounts or API keys, client agents send a standard POST request with a target URL. The API responds with an HTTP 402 status code containing precise on-chain payment parameters:

Network: Base Mainnet

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Building Machine-Payable APIs: Introducing x402 Web Scraper on Base

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