lightning-decodepay -- Command for decoding a bolt11 string (low-level) ======================================================================= SYNOPSIS -------- **decodepay** *bolt11* \[*description*\] DESCRIPTION ----------- The **decodepay** RPC command checks and parses a *bolt11* string as specified by the BOLT 11 specification. RETURN VALUE ------------ [comment]: # (GENERATE-FROM-SCHEMA-START) On success, an object is returned, containing: - **currency** (string): the BIP173 name for the currency - **created_at** (u64): the UNIX-style timestamp of the invoice - **expiry** (u64): the number of seconds this is valid after *timestamp* - **payee** (pubkey): the public key of the recipient - **payment_hash** (hex): the hash of the *payment_preimage* (always 64 characters) - **signature** (signature): signature of the *payee* on this invoice - **min_final_cltv_expiry** (u32): the minimum CLTV delay for the final node - **amount_msat** (msat, optional): Amount the invoice asked for - **description** (string, optional): the description of the purpose of the purchase - **description_hash** (hex, optional): the hash of the description, in place of *description* (always 64 characters) - **payment_secret** (hex, optional): the secret to hand to the payee node (always 64 characters) - **features** (hex, optional): the features bitmap for this invoice - **fallbacks** (array of objects, optional): onchain addresses: - **type** (string): the address type (if known) (one of "P2PKH", "P2SH", "P2WPKH", "P2WSH") - **hex** (hex): Raw encoded address - **addr** (string, optional): the address in appropriate format for *type* - **routes** (array of arrays, optional): Route hints to the *payee*: - hops in the route: - **pubkey** (pubkey): the public key of the node - **short_channel_id** (short_channel_id): a channel to the next peer - **fee_base_msat** (u32): the base fee for payments - **fee_proportional_millionths** (u32): the parts-per-million fee for payments - **cltv_expiry_delta** (u32): the CLTV delta across this hop - **extra** (array of objects, optional): Any extra fields we didn't know how to parse: - **tag** (string): The bech32 letter which identifies this field (always 1 characters) - **data** (string): The bech32 data for this field [comment]: # (GENERATE-FROM-SCHEMA-END) Technically, the *description* field is optional if a *description\_hash* field is given, but in this case **decodepay** will only succeed if the optional *description* field is passed and matches the *description\_hash*. In practice, these are currently unused. AUTHOR ------ Rusty Russell <> is mainly responsible. SEE ALSO -------- lightning-pay(7), lightning-getroute(7), lightning-sendpay(7). [BOLT \#11](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/11-payment-encoding.md). RESOURCES --------- Main web site: [comment]: # ( SHA256STAMP:b6cf489b74ca9719c8adc7d17115f8109d61e288e77f8b3bed02ac64d7ede08f)