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🫘 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.

API Status x402 Native npm Glama Score License Free Tier

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-mcp

Add 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

GET /health

Service health check

GET /.well-known/x402.json

x402 payment discovery

GET /.well-known/mcp.json

MCP server metadata

GET /openapi.json

OpenAPI specification

GET /api/routes

Full route registry

GET /api/pricing/plans

Pricing plans

💳 Paid Endpoints (x402 / Credits)

OCR — 19 types ($0.005/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_ocr

General printed text OCR — 20+ languages

baidu_ocr_accurate

High-precision OCR for blurry/low-quality images

baidu_ocr_table

Structured table extraction

baidu_ocr_idcard

Chinese ID card extraction (front + back)

baidu_ocr_handwriting

Handwritten Chinese/English text

baidu_ocr_qrcode

QR code and barcode decoding

baidu_ocr_bankcard

Bank card number and bank name

baidu_ocr_business_license

Chinese business license fields

baidu_ocr_webimage

OCR for web images with complex backgrounds

baidu_deepseek_ocr

VLM-powered OCR for complex layouts

baidu_paddleocr_vl

PaddleOCR-VL for tables, formulas, stamps

baidu_qianfan_ocr

Custom template-based OCR

baidu_ocr_numbers

Number/digit recognition

baidu_ocr_seal

Seal/stamp OCR

baidu_ocr_train_ticket

Train ticket extraction

baidu_ocr_receipt

Receipt/invoice OCR

baidu_ocr_invoice

VAT invoice extraction

baidu_ocr_passport

Passport field extraction

baidu_ocr_license_plate

License plate recognition

LLM — 3 tools ($0.005/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_llm_chat

ERNIE LLM chat — ernie-4.0-8k, ernie-3.5-8k, ernie-speed-128k

baidu_deepthink

ERNIE deep reasoning — multi-step proofs, logical analysis

baidu_vision_chat

Vision-language chat — ask questions about images (ERNIE-VL)

Speech — 2 tools ($0.005/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_tts

Text-to-speech — Chinese/English, 6 voice personas, MP3/WAV

baidu_asr

Speech-to-text — Chinese/English, word-level timestamps

Translation — 2 tools ($0.003/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_translate

28+ language translation with auto-detect

baidu_translate_pro

Enhanced translation with x402 metadata response

Vision — 10 tools ($0.005/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_image_recognition

General image recognition with Baike entries

baidu_object_detect

Multi-object detection with bounding boxes

baidu_landmark

Landmark/building identification with GPS

baidu_plant

Plant species identification (20,000+ species)

baidu_animal

Animal species identification (10,000+ species)

baidu_dish

Dish/food recognition with calorie estimation

baidu_logo

Brand logo detection and identification

baidu_car

Vehicle make/model/year (3,000+ models)

baidu_ingredient

Food ingredient identification

baidu_vehicle_detect

Vehicle detection and counting — traffic/parking

Face & Body — 4 tools ($0.005/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_face_detect

Face detection with 10+ attributes (age, gender, emotion)

baidu_face_compare

1:1 face comparison — identity verification

baidu_body_analysis

Body attribute analysis — gender, clothing, orientation

baidu_gesture

Hand gesture recognition — 20+ gesture types

NLP — 6 tools ($0.003/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_nlp

Chinese NLP — word segmentation, POS tagging, dependency parsing

baidu_sentiment

Sentiment analysis — positive/negative/neutral

baidu_summary

Text summarization — abstractive with configurable length

baidu_text_corrector

Chinese text error correction

baidu_keyword_extraction

Keyword/phrase extraction with relevance ranking

baidu_word_embedding

Word-level vector embedding (64-512 dimensions)

Image & Video Generation — 4 tools

Tool

Price

Description

baidu_image_gen

$0.03

Text-to-image — realistic/anime/sketch/oil_painting/3d

baidu_image_edit

$0.03

Image editing via text instructions

baidu_video_gen

$0.08

Text-to-video generation (MuseSteamer)

baidu_video_query

$0.005

Query async video generation task status

Search — 1 tool ($0.005/call)

Tool

Description

baidu_search

Web search with instant answers and related topics

Embedding & Science — 3 tools

Tool

Price

Description

baidu_embedding

$0.005

Text embedding for semantic search/RAG

baidu_reranker

$0.005

Document reranking by query relevance

baidu_helixfold

$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-mcp

Or use directly:

npx goldbean-mcp

Compatible 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 (goldbean-mcp)

Published

Glama.ai

Active

MCPize

Monetized

x402 Bazaar

Listed

ScoutGate

Registered

Bankr x402 Cloud

Deployed (3 endpoints)

awesome-x402

Listed


📖 Documentation


🤝 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 🫘

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