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CheapTokens AI Inference

Pays USDC to buy discounted Venice.ai API credit — a Same-Day spot key or a Prepaid API key — for LLM, image, audio, or video inference.

Categories: LLM inference, Account management

Use when

  • buy a discounted API key for LLM chat completions
  • get cheap same-day credit for image or audio generation models

Not for

  • not inference itself — returns a Venice API key to call separately
  • not refundable — Same-Day credit expires unused at 24:00 UTC

Inputs

POST JSON body: usdPaid (number, required), purchaseMode (spot/prepaid, optional), plus dailyReservedUsd/reserveStart/topUpKeyLast6/paymentSessionId (optional)

Admitted input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "dailyReservedUsd": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "description": "Daily credit reserve amount in Venice API credits per UTC day. Required when purchaseMode=\"prepaid\". Must fit unreserved capacity for the start date and be at least one-seventh of the reserve balance."
    },
    "paymentSessionId": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "Opaque session ID returned in a prior 402 response; echo it back on retry."
    },
    "purchaseMode": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "enum": [
        "spot",
        "prepaid"
      ],
      "description": "Use \"spot\" for Same-Day Credits or \"prepaid\" for a Prepaid API Key with prepaid balance and daily credit reserve."
    },
    "reserveStart": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "enum": [
        "tomorrow"
      ],
      "description": "Prepaid API Key daily credit reserve start. New Prepaid API Keys start tomorrow UTC; use Same-Day Credits for work today."
    },
    "topUpKeyLast6": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 0,
      "maxLength": 4096,
      "description": "Optional last 6 characters of a wallet-owned active Prepaid API Key to top up."
    },
    "usdPaid": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0.01,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "description": "Discounted USD amount to pay for Venice API credits. Minimum is based on receiving at least $0.50 in credits after current time-based pricing."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "usdPaid"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Endpoint

Method
POST
URL
https://cheaptokens.ai/api/buy

Payment

Protocol
x402
Listed price
1 USDC representative price on Base; actual charge equals usdPaid (min $0.01)
Payment method
exact
Network
eip155:8453
Asset
0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913

Listed terms are catalog metadata. The caller supplies inputs and calls the tool outside Onelayer. If payment is required, the caller uses a compatible wallet to pay.

Source

Record
POST https://cheaptokens.ai/api/buy
Retrieved
2026-09-30T20:37:07.382Z
Catalog file SHA-256
6837ccddf886f0007cf3727ea9d27faaa5047b51b4f425345c554ce1c271a524
Catalog built
2026-09-30T22:31:58.034Z