GoldBean
GoldBean is a pay-per-use AI API gateway (100+ tools, starting at $0.01/call, with a free tier of 50 calls/day) spanning the following domains:
AI & Language Chat with LLMs (GPT-4, Claude, LLaMA), generate text embeddings, summarize documents, translate text, generate code, and analyze sentiment.
Voice & Media Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, AI image generation & analysis, image upscaling (2x/4x), face/gesture detection, short video generation, and video analysis.
Search & Web Web search, page crawling, ArXiv academic search, Wikipedia lookup, GitHub repo/code/issue search, and global or crypto news retrieval.
Crypto, DeFi & Blockchain Real-time and historical crypto prices, BTC/ETH gas fees, stablecoin rates, DEX swap quotes, liquidity pool stats, lending rates, staking APRs, wallet DeFi positions, block/transaction details, address balances, transaction history, nonce queries, ENS/DID resolution, and contract verification.
NFT Floor prices, token metadata, owner lookup, and trade history.
Finance Stock prices, forex rates, commodity prices (gold, oil, etc.), stock index values, and fund NAVs.
Weather Current conditions, 1–7 day forecasts, and historical weather data.
Security & Verification KYC identity checks, AML screening, blockchain address risk scoring, token/smart contract security audits, phishing URL detection, virus scanning, and CAPTCHA solving.
Social Media Data queries for Twitter/X, Discord, Telegram, Weibo, WeChat, Instagram, TikTok, Lens Protocol, and Farcaster.
Travel & Logistics Flight and hotel search, food delivery options, and package tracking.
Maps & Location Geocoding, reverse geocoding, route planning (drive/transit/walk), and nearby POI search.
E-Commerce Product info, customer reviews, and cross-platform product search.
Office & Documents PDF parsing/merging, Excel and Word processing, OCR, and barcode/QR code recognition.
Utilities Email verification, IP geolocation, WHOIS lookup, URL shortening, QR code generation, and SMS sending.
Market & Network Intelligence Broad market analysis, wallet/contract tracker reports, and blockchain network health checks.
Enables payment processing via Alipay for prepaid credits.
Provides access to Baidu AI APIs including OCR, translation, TTS, ASR, face detection, NLP, image analysis, and more.
Allows querying real-time Bitcoin price and historical price data.
Allows querying Ethereum gas prices, gas fee history, current gas, and blockchain data.
Provides tools for searching GitHub repositories, code, issues, and retrieving repository details.
Enables payment processing via PayPal for prepaid credits.
Allows searching WeChat public account data and related social media content.
🫘 GoldBean — 53 Chinese AI Tools via x402 Micropayments
53 Baidu AI endpoints (19 OCR types, ERNIE LLM, TTS, ASR, vision, NLP, translation, search) — pay per call from $0.003 in USDC on Base. No API keys, no signup, no subscription.
GoldBean is the only Chinese AI multimodal API cluster in the x402 ecosystem. 53 production-ready endpoints powered by Baidu AI — OCR (19 types), image recognition (10 types), ERNIE LLM, TTS, ASR, NLP, translation, face detection, image/video generation, and search. All accessible via MCP protocol with pay-per-call pricing.
No API keys. No signup. No subscription. Pay per call in USDC on Base, or use PayPal/Alipay for prepaid credits. 50 free calls/day per IP.
✨ Key Features
Feature | Details |
53 AI Endpoints | 19 OCR types, 10 image recognition, ERNIE LLM, TTS, ASR, NLP (6 types), translation (28+ languages), face/gesture/body detection, image/video generation, web search |
x402 Native | Pay $0.003–$0.08 per call with USDC on Base mainnet — 2-second settlement, no KYC |
No API Keys | x402 payment replaces API keys. Free tier needs nothing — just call the endpoint |
Free Tier | 50 free API calls/day per IP + 100 credits on registration — no wallet needed |
MCP Compatible | Works with Cursor, Claude Desktop, Cline, Codex, Continue |
PayPal & Alipay | Also supported for prepaid credits |
Baidu AI Powered | Enterprise-grade AI from China's leading AI platform |
Related MCP server: x402-api
🚀 Quick Start
Option 1: MCP Server (Cursor / Claude / Cline)
npx goldbean-mcpAdd to your MCP client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"goldbean": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["goldbean-mcp"]
}
}
}Option 2: REST API (curl / any HTTP client)
# Free call — no payment, no API key
curl "https://goldbean-api.xyz/health"
# Paid call — x402 payment (USDC on Base)
curl -X POST "https://goldbean-api.xyz/paid/baidu-ocr" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url":"https://example.com/document.jpg"}'
# → 402 Payment Required → Pay USDC → 200 OK with OCR result
# Register for 100 free credits
curl -X POST "https://goldbean-api.xyz/paid/user/register" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"email":"you@example.com"}'📡 API Endpoints
🆓 Free Endpoints (No Payment)
Endpoint | Description |
| Service health check |
| x402 payment discovery |
| MCP server metadata |
| OpenAPI specification |
| Full route registry |
| Pricing plans |
💳 Paid Endpoints (x402 / Credits)
OCR — 19 types ($0.005/call)
Tool | Description |
| General printed text OCR — 20+ languages |
| High-precision OCR for blurry/low-quality images |
| Structured table extraction |
| Chinese ID card extraction (front + back) |
| Handwritten Chinese/English text |
| QR code and barcode decoding |
| Bank card number and bank name |
| Chinese business license fields |
| OCR for web images with complex backgrounds |
| VLM-powered OCR for complex layouts |
| PaddleOCR-VL for tables, formulas, stamps |
| Custom template-based OCR |
| Number/digit recognition |
| Seal/stamp OCR |
| Train ticket extraction |
| Receipt/invoice OCR |
| VAT invoice extraction |
| Passport field extraction |
| License plate recognition |
LLM — 3 tools ($0.005/call)
Tool | Description |
| ERNIE LLM chat — ernie-4.0-8k, ernie-3.5-8k, ernie-speed-128k |
| ERNIE deep reasoning — multi-step proofs, logical analysis |
| Vision-language chat — ask questions about images (ERNIE-VL) |
Speech — 2 tools ($0.005/call)
Tool | Description |
| Text-to-speech — Chinese/English, 6 voice personas, MP3/WAV |
| Speech-to-text — Chinese/English, word-level timestamps |
Translation — 2 tools ($0.003/call)
Tool | Description |
| 28+ language translation with auto-detect |
| Enhanced translation with x402 metadata response |
Vision — 10 tools ($0.005/call)
Tool | Description |
| General image recognition with Baike entries |
| Multi-object detection with bounding boxes |
| Landmark/building identification with GPS |
| Plant species identification (20,000+ species) |
| Animal species identification (10,000+ species) |
| Dish/food recognition with calorie estimation |
| Brand logo detection and identification |
| Vehicle make/model/year (3,000+ models) |
| Food ingredient identification |
| Vehicle detection and counting — traffic/parking |
Face & Body — 4 tools ($0.005/call)
Tool | Description |
| Face detection with 10+ attributes (age, gender, emotion) |
| 1:1 face comparison — identity verification |
| Body attribute analysis — gender, clothing, orientation |
| Hand gesture recognition — 20+ gesture types |
NLP — 6 tools ($0.003/call)
Tool | Description |
| Chinese NLP — word segmentation, POS tagging, dependency parsing |
| Sentiment analysis — positive/negative/neutral |
| Text summarization — abstractive with configurable length |
| Chinese text error correction |
| Keyword/phrase extraction with relevance ranking |
| Word-level vector embedding (64-512 dimensions) |
Image & Video Generation — 4 tools
Tool | Price | Description |
| $0.03 | Text-to-image — realistic/anime/sketch/oil_painting/3d |
| $0.03 | Image editing via text instructions |
| $0.08 | Text-to-video generation (MuseSteamer) |
| $0.005 | Query async video generation task status |
Search — 1 tool ($0.005/call)
Tool | Description |
| Web search with instant answers and related topics |
Embedding & Science — 3 tools
Tool | Price | Description |
| $0.005 | Text embedding for semantic search/RAG |
| $0.005 | Document reranking by query relevance |
| $0.005 | Protein 3D structure prediction (AlphaFold-inspired) |
💰 Pricing
Plan | Price | Calls | Per Call |
Free Tier | $0 | 50/day per IP | $0 |
Starter | $5 one-time | 500 calls | $0.01 |
Developer Monthly | $9.9/month | 5,000 calls | $0.002 |
Developer Quarterly | $25/quarter | 20,000 calls | $0.0013 |
Developer Yearly | $89/year | 100,000 calls | $0.0009 |
Or pay per call without subscription — starting at $0.003/call in USDC on Base.
Payment methods: x402 USDC (Base mainnet) | PayPal | Alipay
Accepting wallet: 0x7484b0bca25d2ee56e9b0535572d4cf44a047d98 (Base/USDC)
🔧 How x402 Payments Work
1. Agent calls endpoint → 402 Payment Required
2. Wallet signs USDC tx on Base → sends payment payload
3. Server verifies on-chain → serves the data (2-second settlement)No KYC. No subscription. No credit card. No API keys.
Powered by the x402 protocol — decentralized micropayments for AI agents.
📦 MCP Installation
npm install -g goldbean-mcpOr use directly:
npx goldbean-mcpCompatible with: Cursor, Claude Desktop, Cline, Codex, Continue, and any MCP-compatible client.
🏗️ Architecture
┌──────────────┐ HTTPS ┌──────────────────────┐
│ MCP Client │ ──────────→ │ GoldBean API Server │
│ (Claude, │ ←────────── │ v9.8.0 on VPS │
│ Cursor, │ 402/200 │ port 9879 + 3099 │
│ Cline) │ │ │
└──────────────┘ ├── Baidu AI (53 tools) │
├── x402 USDC (Base) │
┌──────────────┐ ├── PayPal / Alipay │
│ REST Client │──────────→ │── Free tier (50/day) │
│ (curl/HTTP) │ └──────────────────────┘
└──────────────┘🌐 Platform Presence
Platform | Status |
npm ( | Published |
Glama.ai | Active |
MCPize | Monetized |
x402 Bazaar | Listed |
ScoutGate | Registered |
Bankr x402 Cloud | Deployed (3 endpoints) |
awesome-x402 | Listed |
📖 Documentation
API Reference: https://goldbean-api.xyz/openapi.json
Route Registry: https://goldbean-api.xyz/api/routes
x402 Discovery: https://goldbean-api.xyz/.well-known/x402.json
MCP Config: https://goldbean-api.xyz/.well-known/mcp.json
Pricing: https://goldbean-api.xyz/paid/plans
Live Demo: https://goldbean-api.xyz/#demo
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
Star this repo — it helps others discover GoldBean
Report bugs via GitHub Issues
Improve documentation
Share on social media
📄 License
MIT License — see LICENSE for details.
GoldBean (GB) — Wishing You Good Fortune & Prosperity 🫘
53 Chinese AI tools via x402 micropayments — No API keys, no signup, pay per call from $0.003.
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