lightning-createinvoice -- Low-level invoice creation ===================================================== SYNOPSIS -------- **createinvoice** *invstring* *label* *preimage* DESCRIPTION ----------- The **createinvoice** RPC command signs and saves an invoice into the database. The *invstring* parameter is of bolt11 form, but without the final signature appended. Minimal sanity checks are done. (Note: if **experimental-offers** is enabled, *invstring* can actually be an unsigned bolt12 invoice). The *label* must be a unique string or number (which is treated as a string, so "01" is different from "1"); it is never revealed to other nodes on the lightning network, but it can be used to query the status of this invoice. The *preimage* is the preimage to supply upon successful payment of the invoice. RETURN VALUE ------------ On success, an invoice object is returned, as per listinvoices(7). 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 <> is mainly responsible. SEE ALSO -------- lightning-invoice(7), lightning-listinvoices(7), lightning-delinvoice(7), lightning-getroute(7), lightning-sendpay(7). RESOURCES --------- Main web site: