{
  "id": 17187481,
  "title": "Accepting agent payments on your API: the x402 seller's guide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/accepting-agent-payments-on-your-api-the-x402-sellers-guide",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T06:22:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/cailab/accepting-agent-payments-on-your-api-the-x402-sellers-guide-p8g"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The article \"Accepting agent payments on your API: the x402 seller's guide\" explains how to accept payments from AI agents that call your API directly, rather than through a browser. The solution revolves around the HTTP 402 status code, which was designed for payment challenges. When an agent calls your API, your server returns a 402 response with a payment challenge containing details like the recipient address, amount, and token type. The agent then pays through its CAI wallet, and upon successful settlement, the agent retries the original request with a proof of payment. The guide outlines the four-step seller-side process and details the two-step paying-agent-side process using CAI's MCP toolset.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}