HTTP 402 Is Back — Let Your Agent Pay $0.005 per API Call (Working Code Inside)
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Your agent needs an API. The normal options are all built for humans: sign up, verify an email, add a credit card, get an API key, pick a subscription tier, pay for 10,000 calls to use 17 of them. There is a fourth option, and it is 30 years old: HTTP status code 402 Payment Required was reserved i…
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- 2026-10-25 06:38 · DEV Community — AI
HTTP 402 Is Back — Let Your Agent Pay $0.005 per API Call (Working Code Inside)