lightning-plugin -- Manage plugins with RPC =========================================== SYNOPSIS -------- **plugin** command \[parameter\] \[second\_parameter\] DESCRIPTION ----------- The **plugin** RPC command allows to manage plugins without having to restart lightningd. It takes 1 to 3 parameters: a command (start/stop/startdir/rescan/list) which describes the action to take and optionally one or two parameters which describes the plugin on which the action has to be taken. The *start* command takes a path as the first parameter and will load the plugin available from this path. It will wait for the plugin to complete the handshake with `lightningd` for 20 seconds at the most. The *stop* command takes a plugin name as parameter. It will kill and unload the specified plugin. The *startdir* command takes a directory path as first parameter and will load all plugins this directory contains. It will wait for each plugin to complete the handshake with `lightningd` for 20 seconds at the most. The *rescan* command starts all not-already-loaded plugins from the default plugins directory (by default *~/.lightning/plugins*). The *list* command will return all the active plugins. RETURN VALUE ------------ On success, all subcommands but *stop* return an array *plugins* of objects, one by plugin. Each object contains the name of the plugin (*name* field) and its status (*active* boolean field). Since plugins are configured asynchronously, a freshly started plugin may not appear immediately. On error, the reason why the action could not be taken upon the plugin is returned. AUTHOR ------ Antoine Poinsot <> is mainly responsible. RESOURCES --------- Main web site: