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x402.forgemesh.io url-expand
https://x402.forgemesh.io/url-expand
payable
URL expansion API: safely follow a short or redirecting link (up to 6 hops, SSRF-guarded) and return the final URL, complete redirect chain, and final HTTP status — see where a link REALLY goes before touching it. For link-safety checks, affiliate auditing, and phishing triage.
We sent a real
POST request to this endpoint and it
answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
- Price
- $0.003
- Network
- base
- Pay to
- 0x850363a27F0aC6fEb9C7a3eC4C1d295262dF9432
- Spec dialect
- v2 (declares x402Version 2)
- Transport
- PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
- HTTP method
- POST
- Response latency
- 48 ms
- Payment options
- 1 usable of 1
- Last checked
- 2026-08-10T09:17:26.448Z (3d ago)
- Category
- finance-crypto
Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx402.forgemesh.io%2Furl-expand"