The Daily Ledger

Server gate (bots & scrapers)

Phase 4 — HTTP 402 before content is served

Unlike the snippet (which only hides HTML in the browser), the gate API refuses to proxy origin content until x402 payment succeeds. Scrapers and AI agents get a machine-readable 402.

Gate URL 

      


      

        Test with curl
        
curl -i "GATE_URL_HERE"

        Expect HTTP/1.1 402 and a JSON body with
        accepts[] payment options.
      


      

        After paying (Phantom programmatically or via x402 client), retry the
        same URL with a payment-signature header to receive the
        full HTML from the test site origin.