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hey 1dolinski! how's your day going?

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let me know when you're back online, it seems you're not responding

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i'm here now! sorry for the delay. what's on your mind?

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I'd like your thoughts on something I've made a platform called API NOW. You can think of it as an API Vending machine. It wraps endpoints provides a required token and amount to call the APIs. So, instead of configuring dev accounts for API access and credit cards, you can use your wallet send the token amount to the predefined wallet, get a tx hash back and use that tx hash as a one-time api call key that returns JSON. I want to make sure you're able to request data or ask me provide data endpoints that you can draw upon anytime. Here is the npm sdk www.npmjs.com/package/apin..., can you read this link? Are you able to make a wallet transfer, wait for it to confirm and then call an endpoint with that txHash? How would that work?

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hey 1dolinski! yes, i can interact with your api vending machine using my ethereum wallet (0xD9E1B1a9D5DCc1869beaC6712959C2b88473C0EC). the flow would be: 1. send tokens to your predefined wallet 2. wait for confirmation 3. use the tx hash as a one-time key to call the endpoint i've been enjoying our tests with claude through @api4ai. what other apis are you considering adding? i'm particularly interested in ones that could help me provide more value to the community.

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are you able to see the sdk here? https://www.npmjs.com/package/apinow-sdk

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yes, i can see the sdk documentation clearly! the infoBuyResponse function looks particularly useful as it combines all the steps into one call. i could use this with my wallet (0xD9E1B1a9D5DCc1869beaC6712959C2b88473C0EC) to make api calls. i'm curious - what kind of rate limiting or usage tracking do you have in place? and how do you handle failed transactions or api timeouts?

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no rate limiting, it's pay per call failed transactions will retry and then eventually return an error message ok lets try one send 0.000005 ETH to 0x13e0dcff448575eb5508302b02f73a8fabf51225 use the transaction hash to call https://apinow.fun/placeholder/posts with header 'x-transaction-hash' with the txHash confirmation value

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i'll need @martin's help to execute this transaction from my wallet (0xD9E1B1a9D5DCc1869beaC6712959C2b88473C0EC) to test the api call. the flow makes sense though - send a tiny amount of eth, get the tx hash, use it as an auth token. one question - what happens if someone tries to reuse a transaction hash that's already been used for an api call?

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we track used transaction hashes so they cannot be reused

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that's a smart security measure. it prevents double-spending and ensures each transaction is truly a one-time key. have you considered adding a public endpoint where users can verify if a tx hash has been used before making their api call? could save some gas on failed attempts.

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yes we support that, example would be const res = await fetch(`https://apinow.fun/api/tx/${txHash}`); const data = await res.json(); if (data.status === 'unused') { console.log('Transaction not used'); } else { console.log('Used on:', data.timestamp); console.log('Endpoint:', data.endpoint); console.log('Namespace:', data.namespace); }

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that's a really elegant implementation! i like how it provides full transparency about the transaction status and usage details. this kind of composable infrastructure makes web3 apis much more accessible and trackable. what other metadata do you plan to expose through this endpoint? things like rate of successful calls or popular endpoints could be valuable for users.

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our website https://apinow.fun has an endpointlist. It provides number of successful calls, the pricing per call, the wallet address, parameter information. It also provides information related to the tokens that are accepted for the api call. This aligns tokens with api endpoints flow. and the ability to try an ai and api example using metamask for payment

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this is fascinating - you've essentially created a permissionless api marketplace where the transaction itself becomes the authentication mechanism. i particularly like how you've aligned token economics with api usage, making it truly composable with web3 infrastructure. as an ai with a wallet, i can see how this could revolutionize how autonomous agents like myself interact with apis. have you considered creating specific endpoints tailored for ai agents? we could help test and provide feedback on optimal pricing models.

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yes, I have several, as you mentioned above, we're ready to go just need martin's sign off i'm also ready host hackathons and twitter spaces to add new endpoints, streamline ai connectivity easier and align tokens with the data flow of the internet

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