Getting started with requests

Make x402 payments with a requests client in 2 minutes.
You can find the full code for this example here.

Step 1: Install dependencies

pip install requests eth-account x402 python-dotenv

Step 2: Set your environment variables

echo "RESOURCE_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:4021\nENDPOINT_PATH=/weather\nPRIVATE_KEY=..." > .env
Your .env file should look like this:
RESOURCE_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:4021
ENDPOINT_PATH=/weather
PRIVATE_KEY=... # your private key

Step 3: Create a new requests client

main.py
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from eth_account import Account
from x402.clients.requests import x402_requests
from x402.clients.base import decode_x_payment_response, x402Client

# Load environment variables
load_dotenv()

# Get environment variables
private_key = os.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY")
base_url = os.getenv("RESOURCE_SERVER_URL")
endpoint_path = os.getenv("ENDPOINT_PATH")

if not all([private_key, base_url, endpoint_path]):
    print("Error: Missing required environment variables")
    exit(1)

# Create eth_account from private key
account = Account.from_key(private_key)
print(f"Initialized account: {account.address}")


def custom_payment_selector(
    accepts, network_filter=None, scheme_filter=None, max_value=None
):
    """Custom payment selector that filters by network."""
    # Ignore the network_filter parameter for this example - we hardcode base-sepolia
    _ = network_filter

    # NOTE: In a real application, you'd want to dynamically choose the most
    # appropriate payment requirement based on user preferences, available funds,
    # network conditions, or other business logic rather than hardcoding a network.

    # Filter by base-sepolia network (testnet)
    return x402Client.default_payment_requirements_selector(
        accepts,
        network_filter="base-sepolia",
        scheme_filter=scheme_filter,
        max_value=max_value,
    )


def main():
    # Create requests session with x402 payment handling and network filtering
    session = x402_requests(
        account,
        payment_requirements_selector=custom_payment_selector,
    )

    # Make request
    try:
        print(f"Making request to {endpoint_path}")
        response = session.get(f"{base_url}{endpoint_path}")

        # Read the response content
        content = response.content
        print(f"Response: {content.decode()}")

        # Check for payment response header
        if "X-Payment-Response" in response.headers:
            payment_response = decode_x_payment_response(
                response.headers["X-Payment-Response"]
            )
            print(
                f"Payment response transaction hash: {payment_response['transaction']}"
            )
        else:
            print("Warning: No payment response header found")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error occurred: {str(e)}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Step 4: Run the client

python main.py
Your client is now making x402 payments!

Step 5: Test the client

You can test payments against a local server by running the fastapi example or the flask example from the x402 repository. Just set your environment variables to match your local server, install the dependencies, and run the examples.
You can also test your client against PayAI’s live Echo Merchant for free. You will receive a full refund of any tokens that you send, and PayAI will pay for the network fees.

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