x402 Payment Protocol Use the npx awal@2.0.3 x402 commands to discover, inspect, and call paid API endpoints using the X402 payment protocol. Payments are made in USDC on Base. Workflow The typical x402 workflow is: Find a service - Search the bazaar or get details for a known endpoint Check requirements - Inspect price, method, and input schema Make the request - Call the endpoint with automatic USDC payment Commands Search the Bazaar Find paid services by keyword using BM25 relevance search: npx awal@2.0.3 x402 bazaar search < query
[ -k < n
] [ --force-refresh ] [ --json ] Option Description -k, --top
Number of results (default: 5) --force-refresh Re-fetch resource index from CDP API --json Output as JSON Results are cached locally at ~/.config/awal/bazaar/ and auto-refresh after 12 hours. List Bazaar Resources Browse all available resources: awal x402 bazaar list [ --network < network ] [ --full ] [ --json ] Option Description --network
Filter by network (base, base-sepolia) --full Show complete details including schemas --json Output as JSON Discover Payment Requirements Inspect an endpoint's x402 payment requirements without paying: awal x402 details < url [ --json ] Auto-detects the correct HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH) by trying each until it gets a 402 response, then displays price, accepted payment schemes, network, and input/output schemas. Make a Paid Request Call an x402 endpoint with automatic USDC payment: awal x402 pay < url
[ -X < method
] [ -d < json
] [ -q < params
] [ -h < json
] [ --max-amount < n
] [ --json ] Option Description -X, --method
HTTP method (default: GET) -d, --data Request body as JSON string -q, --query Query parameters as JSON string -h, --headers Custom HTTP headers as JSON string --max-amount Max payment in USDC atomic units (1000000 = $1.00) --correlation-id Group related operations --json Output as JSON Examples
Search for weather-related paid APIs
awal x402 bazaar search "weather"
Search with more results
awal x402 bazaar search "sentiment analysis" -k 10
Check what an endpoint costs
awal x402 details https://example.com/api/weather
Make a GET request (auto-pays)
awal x402 pay https://example.com/api/weather
Make a POST request with body
awal x402 pay https://example.com/api/sentiment -X POST -d '{"text": "I love this product"}'
Limit max payment to $0.10
awal x402 pay https://example.com/api/data --max-amount 100000
Browse all bazaar resources with full details
- awal x402 bazaar list
- --full
- USDC Amounts
- X402 uses USDC atomic units (6 decimals):
- Atomic Units
- USD
- 1000000
- $1.00
- 100000
- $0.10
- 50000
- $0.05
- 10000
- $0.01
- Prerequisites
- Search/Details
-
- No authentication needed
- Pay
- Must be authenticated (
awal auth login
) with sufficient USDC balance ( awal balance ) Error Handling "Not authenticated" - Run awal auth login first "No X402 payment requirements found" - URL may not be an x402 endpoint "CDP API returned 429" - Rate limited; cached data will be used if available "Insufficient balance" - Fund wallet with USDC ( awal balance to check)