{
  "id": 4838659,
  "title": "What a seller-side HTTP 402 + MCP paywall looks like",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/what-a-seller-side-http-402-mcp-paywall-looks-like",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T10:29:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/kevin2003050666coder/what-a-seller-side-http-402-mcp-paywall-looks-like-36n"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I needed agents to pay per call against an existing HTTP API without handing out API keys. x402-micro-tollgate is a thin Express process that is both an HTTP 402 reverse proxy and an MCP server. Unpaid gated routes (default /v1 ) return protocol 402. After settlement, the request is proxied to UPSTREAM_URL. /health stays free. Same process exposes MCP tools: server_info (free), get_quote /…",
  "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."
}