x402 Explained: HTTP‑Native Micropayments for AI Agents (With Real Code)

Описание и применение

Реализован минимальный сервер x402 на FastAPI, позволяющий автономным агентам автоматически оплачивать и получать ресурсы через заголовки HTTP.

Задача

Autonomous agents need a way to pay for services without human‑in‑the‑loop approvals.

Результат

Implemented a minimal x402 server in FastAPI that protects an endpoint, challenges clients with 402, verifies on‑chain USDC payments, and serves the resource upon successful proof.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Client sends normal GET request to resource.
• 2. Server responds 402 with Payment-Request header containing price, address, nonce, etc.
• 3. Client decodes header, creates payment proof (tx hash, signature) and sends it in Payment header on retry.
• 4. Server verifies proof against nonce and payment details; if valid returns 200 with payload, else 402.
• 5. Client consumes payload; no further round‑trip needed unless nonce rotated.

Доказательства

The protocol is stateless on the server side beyond the nonce

Источник

Below is a self‑contained example that you can drop into a main.py file and run with uvicorn main:app

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