lightning-createinvoice -- Low-level invoice creation
SYNOPSIS
createinvoice invstring label preimage
DESCRIPTION
The createinvoice RPC command signs and saves an invoice into the database.
- invstring (string): The bolt11/bolt12 invoice, but the final signature is ignored. Minimal sanity checks are done.
- label (one of): A unique string or number (which is treated as a string, so
01
is different from1
); it is never revealed to other nodes on the lightning network, but it can be used to query the status of this invoice.:- (string)
- (integer)
- preimage (hex): The preimage to supply upon successful payment of the invoice.
RETURN VALUE
(Note: the return format is the same as lightning-listinvoices(7)).
On success, an object is returned, containing:
- label (string): The label for the invoice.
- payment_hash (hash): The hash of the payment_preimage which will prove payment.
- status (string) (one of "paid", "expired", "unpaid"): Whether it has been paid, or can no longer be paid.
- description (string): Description extracted from bolt11 or bolt12.
- expires_at (u64): UNIX timestamp of when invoice expires (or expired).
- created_index (u64): 1-based index indicating order this invoice was created in. (added v23.08)
- bolt11 (string, optional): The bolt11 string (always present unless bolt12 is).
- bolt12 (string, optional): The bolt12 string instead of bolt11
- amount_msat (msat, optional): The amount of the invoice (if it has one).
- pay_index (u64, optional): Incrementing id for when this was paid (status paid only).
- amount_received_msat (msat, optional): Amount actually received (status paid only).
- paid_at (u64, optional): UNIX timestamp of when invoice was paid (status paid only).
- paid_outpoint (object, optional): Outpoint this invoice was paid with (status paid only). (added v23.11):
- txid (txid): ID of the transaction that paid the invoice (status paid only). (added v23.11)
- outnum (u32): The 0-based output number of the transaction that paid the invoice (status paid only). (added v23.11)
- payment_preimage (secret, optional): The proof of payment: SHA256 of this payment_hash.
- local_offer_id (hex, optional) (always 64 characters): The id of our offer which created this invoice.
- invreq_payer_note (string, optional): The optional invreq_payer_note from invoice_request which created this invoice.
ERRORS
On failure, an error is returned and no invoice is created. If the lightning process fails before responding, the caller should use lightning-listinvoices(7) to query whether this invoice was created or not.
The following error codes may occur:
- -1: Catchall nonspecific error.
- 900: An invoice with the given label already exists.
AUTHOR
Rusty Russell <[email protected]> is mainly responsible.
SEE ALSO
lightning-invoice(7), lightning-listinvoices(7), lightning-delinvoice(7), lightning-getroute(7), lightning-sendpay(7), lightning-offer(7)
RESOURCES
Main web site: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
EXAMPLES
Example 1:
Request:
lightning-cli createinvoice -k "invstring"="lnbcrt100n1pnt2bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000" "label"="lbl_l13" "preimage"="0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101"
{
"id": "example:createinvoice#1",
"method": "createinvoice",
"params": {
"invstring": "lnbcrt100n1pnt2bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000bolt11invl010300000000",
"label": "lbl_l13",
"preimage": "0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101"
}
}
Response:
{
"label": "lbl_l13",
"bolt11": "lnbcrt100n1pnt2bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000bolt11invl020100000000",
"payment_hash": "paymenthashinvl0210021002100210021002100210021002100210021002100",
"amount_msat": 100000,
"status": "unpaid",
"description": "l13 description",
"expires_at": 1739000000,
"created_index": 7
}