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The Influship API supports the x402 payment protocol on its paid public data endpoints, so AI agents can pay per-request in USDC on Base without an API key, account, or billing setup.

How it works

  1. Your agent makes a request to a supported paid endpoint without an X-API-Key header.
  2. The API responds with 402 Payment Required and a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header containing the price and payment instructions.
  3. Your agent signs a USDC payment on Base and retries the request with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header.
  4. The API verifies the payment, runs the request, and settles the payment on-chain.
PAYMENT-SIGNATURE is the current x402 v2 header. Influship also accepts X-PAYMENT for compatibility with x402 clients that still emit the earlier header name. Once settlement succeeds, the payment is final, including when the endpoint response is an error. Successful settlement is reported in the PAYMENT-RESPONSE header.

Pricing

x402 prices include a 20% surcharge over API-key/OAuth prices, rounded up to whole cents with a $0.01 minimum. See the API-key/OAuth price table to compare costs. The quote is based on your requested limit or batch size. A search returning fewer creators keeps the same quoted price.

Quickstart

Use any x402-compatible client. The Coinbase SDK is the reference:
Or use AgentCash for a turnkey CLI wallet:

Discovery

Influship endpoints are listed in the x402 Bazaar. Search for “Influship” or “influencer search” to discover them programmatically.

Need higher rate limits or volume pricing?

Get an API key — same endpoints, lower per-request cost, and per-tier rate limits.