LND gRPC API Reference

Welcome to the gRPC API reference documentation for LND, the Lightning Network Daemon.

This site features the API documentation for lncli (CLI), Python, and JavaScript in order to communicate with a local lnd instance through gRPC. It is intended for those who already understand how to work with LND. If this is your first time or you need a refresher, you may consider perusing our LND developer site featuring a tutorial, resources and guides at dev.lightning.community.

The examples to the right assume that the there is a local lnd instance running and listening for gRPC connections on port 10009. LND_DIR will be used as a placeholder to denote the base directory of the lnd instance. By default, this is ~/.lnd on Linux and ~/Library/Application Support/Lnd on macOS.

At the time of writing this documentation, two things are needed in order to make a gRPC request to an lnd instance: a TLS/SSL connection and a macaroon used for RPC authentication. The examples to the right will show how these can be used in order to make a successful, secure, and authenticated gRPC request.

The original rpc.proto file from which the gRPC documentation was generated can be found here.

Alternatively, the REST documentation can be found here.

GenSeed

Simple RPC

GenSeed is the first method that should be used to instantiate a new lnd instance. This method allows a caller to generate a new aezeed cipher seed given an optional passphrase. If provided, the passphrase will be necessary to decrypt the cipherseed to expose the internal wallet seed. Once the cipherseed is obtained and verified by the user, the InitWallet method should be used to commit the newly generated seed, and create the wallet.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.WalletUnlockerStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.GenSeedRequest(
        aezeed_passphrase=<bytes>,
        seed_entropy=<bytes>,
    )
>>> response = stub.GenSeed(request)
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "cipher_seed_mnemonic": <array string>,
    "enciphered_seed": <bytes>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var walletUnlocker = new lnrpc.WalletUnlocker('localhost:10009', sslCreds);
> var request = { 
    aezeed_passphrase: <bytes>, 
    seed_entropy: <bytes>, 
  } 
> walletUnlocker.genSeed(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "cipher_seed_mnemonic": <array string>,
    "enciphered_seed": <bytes>,
}

gRPC Request: GenSeedRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
aezeed_passphrase	bytes	aezeed_passphrase is an optional user provided passphrase that will be used to encrypt the generated aezeed cipher seed.
seed_entropy	bytes	seed_entropy is an optional 16-bytes generated via CSPRNG. If not specified, then a fresh set of randomness will be used to create the seed.

gRPC Response: GenSeedResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
cipher_seed_mnemonic	array string	cipher_seed_mnemonic is a 24-word mnemonic that encodes a prior aezeed cipher seed obtained by the user. This field is optional, as if not provided, then the daemon will generate a new cipher seed for the user. Otherwise, then the daemon will attempt to recover the wallet state linked to this cipher seed.
enciphered_seed	bytes	enciphered_seed are the raw aezeed cipher seed bytes. This is the raw cipher text before run through our mnemonic encoding scheme.

InitWallet

Simple RPC

InitWallet is used when lnd is starting up for the first time to fully initialize the daemon and its internal wallet. At the very least a wallet password must be provided. This will be used to encrypt sensitive material on disk. In the case of a recovery scenario, the user can also specify their aezeed mnemonic and passphrase. If set, then the daemon will use this prior state to initialize its internal wallet. Alternatively, this can be used along with the GenSeed RPC to obtain a seed, then present it to the user. Once it has been verified by the user, the seed can be fed into this RPC in order to commit the new wallet.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.WalletUnlockerStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.InitWalletRequest(
        wallet_password=<bytes>,
        cipher_seed_mnemonic=<array string>,
        aezeed_passphrase=<bytes>,
        recovery_window=<int32>,
    )
>>> response = stub.InitWallet(request)
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var walletUnlocker = new lnrpc.WalletUnlocker('localhost:10009', sslCreds);
> var request = { 
    wallet_password: <bytes>, 
    cipher_seed_mnemonic: <array string>, 
    aezeed_passphrase: <bytes>, 
    recovery_window: <int32>, 
  } 
> walletUnlocker.initWallet(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: InitWalletRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
wallet_password	bytes	wallet_password is the passphrase that should be used to encrypt the wallet. This MUST be at least 8 chars in length. After creation, this password is required to unlock the daemon.
cipher_seed_mnemonic	array string	cipher_seed_mnemonic is a 24-word mnemonic that encodes a prior aezeed cipher seed obtained by the user. This may have been generated by the GenSeed method, or be an existing seed.
aezeed_passphrase	bytes	aezeed_passphrase is an optional user provided passphrase that will be used to encrypt the generated aezeed cipher seed.
recovery_window	int32	recovery_window is an optional argument specifying the address lookahead when restoring a wallet seed. The recovery window applies to each invdividual branch of the BIP44 derivation paths. Supplying a recovery window of zero indicates that no addresses should be recovered, such after the first initialization of the wallet.

gRPC Response: InitWalletResponse

This response has no parameters.

UnlockWallet

Simple RPC

UnlockWallet is used at startup of lnd to provide a password to unlock the wallet database.

# The unlock command is used to decrypt lnd's wallet state in order to
# start up. This command MUST be run after booting up lnd before it's
# able to carry out its duties. An exception is if a user is running with
# --noseedbackup, then a default passphrase will be used.

$ lncli unlock [command options] [arguments...]

# --recovery_window value  address lookahead to resume recovery rescan, value should be non-zero --  To recover all funds, this should be greater than the maximum number of consecutive, unused addresses ever generated by the wallet. (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.WalletUnlockerStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.UnlockWalletRequest(
        wallet_password=<bytes>,
        recovery_window=<int32>,
    )
>>> response = stub.UnlockWallet(request)
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var walletUnlocker = new lnrpc.WalletUnlocker('localhost:10009', sslCreds);
> var request = { 
    wallet_password: <bytes>, 
    recovery_window: <int32>, 
  } 
> walletUnlocker.unlockWallet(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: UnlockWalletRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
wallet_password	bytes	wallet_password should be the current valid passphrase for the daemon. This will be required to decrypt on-disk material that the daemon requires to function properly.
recovery_window	int32	recovery_window is an optional argument specifying the address lookahead when restoring a wallet seed. The recovery window applies to each invdividual branch of the BIP44 derivation paths. Supplying a recovery window of zero indicates that no addresses should be recovered, such after the first initialization of the wallet.

gRPC Response: UnlockWalletResponse

This response has no parameters.

ChangePassword

Simple RPC

ChangePassword changes the password of the encrypted wallet. This will automatically unlock the wallet database if successful.

# The changepassword command is used to Change lnd's encrypted wallet's
# password. It will automatically unlock the daemon if the password change
# is successful.
# If one did not specify a password for their wallet (running lnd with
# --noseedbackup), one must restart their daemon without
# --noseedbackup and use this command. The "current password" field
# should be left empty.

$ lncli changepassword [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.WalletUnlockerStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ChangePasswordRequest(
        current_password=<bytes>,
        new_password=<bytes>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ChangePassword(request)
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var walletUnlocker = new lnrpc.WalletUnlocker('localhost:10009', sslCreds);
> var request = { 
    current_password: <bytes>, 
    new_password: <bytes>, 
  } 
> walletUnlocker.changePassword(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: ChangePasswordRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
current_password	bytes	current_password should be the current valid passphrase used to unlock the daemon.
new_password	bytes	new_password should be the new passphrase that will be needed to unlock the daemon.

gRPC Response: ChangePasswordResponse

This response has no parameters.

WalletBalance

Simple RPC

WalletBalance returns total unspent outputs(confirmed and unconfirmed), all confirmed unspent outputs and all unconfirmed unspent outputs under control of the wallet.

# Compute and display the wallet's current balance.

$ lncli walletbalance [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.WalletBalanceRequest()
>>> response = stub.WalletBalance(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "total_balance": <int64>,
    "confirmed_balance": <int64>,
    "unconfirmed_balance": <int64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.walletBalance(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "total_balance": <int64>,
    "confirmed_balance": <int64>,
    "unconfirmed_balance": <int64>,
}

gRPC Request: WalletBalanceRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: WalletBalanceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
total_balance	int64	The balance of the wallet
confirmed_balance	int64	The confirmed balance of a wallet(with >= 1 confirmations)
unconfirmed_balance	int64	The unconfirmed balance of a wallet(with 0 confirmations)

ChannelBalance

Simple RPC

ChannelBalance returns the total funds available across all open channels in satoshis.

# Returns the sum of the total available channel balance across all open channels.

$ lncli channelbalance [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ChannelBalanceRequest()
>>> response = stub.ChannelBalance(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "balance": <int64>,
    "pending_open_balance": <int64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.channelBalance(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "balance": <int64>,
    "pending_open_balance": <int64>,
}

gRPC Request: ChannelBalanceRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: ChannelBalanceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
balance	int64	Sum of channels balances denominated in satoshis
pending_open_balance	int64	Sum of channels pending balances denominated in satoshis

GetTransactions

Simple RPC

GetTransactions returns a list describing all the known transactions relevant to the wallet.

# List all transactions an address of the wallet was involved in.

$ lncli listchaintxns [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.GetTransactionsRequest()
>>> response = stub.GetTransactions(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "transactions": <array Transaction>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.getTransactions(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "transactions": <array Transaction>,
}

gRPC Request: GetTransactionsRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: TransactionDetails

Parameter	Type	Description
transactions	array Transaction	The list of transactions relevant to the wallet.

SendCoins

Simple RPC

SendCoins executes a request to send coins to a particular address. Unlike SendMany, this RPC call only allows creating a single output at a time. If neither target_conf, or sat_per_byte are set, then the internal wallet will consult its fee model to determine a fee for the default confirmation target.

# Send amt coins in satoshis to the BASE58 encoded bitcoin address addr.
# Fees used when sending the transaction can be specified via the --conf_target, or
# --sat_per_byte optional flags.
# Positional arguments and flags can be used interchangeably but not at the same time!

$ lncli sendcoins [command options] addr amt

# --addr value          the BASE58 encoded bitcoin address to send coins to on-chain
# --sweepall            if set, then the amount field will be ignored, and all the wallet will attempt to sweep all outputs within the wallet to the target address
# --amt value           the number of bitcoin denominated in satoshis to send (default: 0)
# --conf_target value   (optional) the number of blocks that the transaction *should* confirm in, will be used for fee estimation (default: 0)
# --sat_per_byte value  (optional) a manual fee expressed in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.SendCoinsRequest(
        addr=<string>,
        amount=<int64>,
        target_conf=<int32>,
        sat_per_byte=<int64>,
        send_all=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.SendCoins(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "txid": <string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    addr: <string>, 
    amount: <int64>, 
    target_conf: <int32>, 
    sat_per_byte: <int64>, 
    send_all: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.sendCoins(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "txid": <string>,
}

gRPC Request: SendCoinsRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
addr	string	The address to send coins to
amount	int64	The amount in satoshis to send
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that this transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction.
send_all	bool	If set, then the amount field will be ignored, and lnd will attempt to send all the coins under control of the internal wallet to the specified address.

gRPC Response: SendCoinsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
txid	string	The transaction ID of the transaction

ListUnspent

Simple RPC

ListUnspent returns a list of all utxos spendable by the wallet with a number of confirmations between the specified minimum and maximum.

# For each spendable utxo currently in the wallet, with at least min_confs
# confirmations, and at most max_confs confirmations, lists the txid, index,
# amount, address, address type, scriptPubkey and number of confirmations.
# Use --min_confs=0 to include unconfirmed coins. To list all coins
# with at least min_confs confirmations, omit the second argument or flag
# '--max_confs'.

$ lncli listunspent [command options] min-confs max-confs

# --min_confs value  the minimum number of confirmations for a utxo (default: 0)
# --max_confs value  the maximum number of confirmations for a utxo (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ListUnspentRequest(
        min_confs=<int32>,
        max_confs=<int32>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ListUnspent(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "utxos": <array Utxo>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    min_confs: <int32>, 
    max_confs: <int32>, 
  } 
> lightning.listUnspent(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "utxos": <array Utxo>,
}

gRPC Request: ListUnspentRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
min_confs	int32	The minimum number of confirmations to be included.
max_confs	int32	The maximum number of confirmations to be included.

gRPC Response: ListUnspentResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
utxos	array Utxo	A list of utxos

SubscribeTransactions

Response-streaming RPC

SubscribeTransactions creates a uni-directional stream from the server to the client in which any newly discovered transactions relevant to the wallet are sent over.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.GetTransactionsRequest()
>>> for response in stub.SubscribeTransactions(request, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "tx_hash": <string>,
    "amount": <int64>,
    "num_confirmations": <int32>,
    "block_hash": <string>,
    "block_height": <int32>,
    "time_stamp": <int64>,
    "total_fees": <int64>,
    "dest_addresses": <array string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> var call = lightning.subscribeTransactions(request)
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
{ 
    "tx_hash": <string>,
    "amount": <int64>,
    "num_confirmations": <int32>,
    "block_hash": <string>,
    "block_height": <int32>,
    "time_stamp": <int64>,
    "total_fees": <int64>,
    "dest_addresses": <array string>,
}

gRPC Request: GetTransactionsRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: Transaction (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
tx_hash	string	The transaction hash
amount	int64	The transaction amount, denominated in satoshis
num_confirmations	int32	The number of confirmations
block_hash	string	The hash of the block this transaction was included in
block_height	int32	The height of the block this transaction was included in
time_stamp	int64	Timestamp of this transaction
total_fees	int64	Fees paid for this transaction
dest_addresses	array string	Addresses that received funds for this transaction

SendMany

Simple RPC

SendMany handles a request for a transaction that creates multiple specified outputs in parallel. If neither target_conf, or sat_per_byte are set, then the internal wallet will consult its fee model to determine a fee for the default confirmation target.

# Create and broadcast a transaction paying the specified amount(s) to the passed address(es).
# The send-json-string' param decodes addresses and the amount to send
# respectively in the following format:
# '{"ExampleAddr": NumCoinsInSatoshis, "SecondAddr": NumCoins}'

$ lncli sendmany [command options] send-json-string [--conf_target=N] [--sat_per_byte=P]

# --conf_target value   (optional) the number of blocks that the transaction *should* confirm in, will be used for fee estimation (default: 0)
# --sat_per_byte value  (optional) a manual fee expressed in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.SendManyRequest(
        AddrToAmount=<array AddrToAmountEntry>,
        target_conf=<int32>,
        sat_per_byte=<int64>,
    )
>>> response = stub.SendMany(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "txid": <string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    AddrToAmount: <array AddrToAmountEntry>, 
    target_conf: <int32>, 
    sat_per_byte: <int64>, 
  } 
> lightning.sendMany(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "txid": <string>,
}

gRPC Request: SendManyRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
AddrToAmount	array AddrToAmountEntry	The map from addresses to amounts
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that this transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction.

gRPC Response: SendManyResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
txid	string	The id of the transaction

NewAddress

Simple RPC

NewAddress creates a new address under control of the local wallet.

# Generate a wallet new address. Address-types has to be one of:
# - p2wkh:  Pay to witness key hash
# - np2wkh: Pay to nested witness key hash

$ lncli newaddress address-type

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.NewAddressRequest(
        type=<AddressType>,
    )
>>> response = stub.NewAddress(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "address": <string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    type: <AddressType>, 
  } 
> lightning.newAddress(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "address": <string>,
}

gRPC Request: NewAddressRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
type	AddressType	The address type

gRPC Response: NewAddressResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
address	string	The newly generated wallet address

SignMessage

Simple RPC

SignMessage signs a message with this node’s private key. The returned signature string is zbase32 encoded and pubkey recoverable, meaning that only the message digest and signature are needed for verification.

# Sign msg with the resident node's private key.
# Returns the signature as a zbase32 string.
# Positional arguments and flags can be used interchangeably but not at the same time!

$ lncli signmessage [command options] msg

# --msg value  the message to sign

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.SignMessageRequest(
        msg=<bytes>,
    )
>>> response = stub.SignMessage(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "signature": <string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    msg: <bytes>, 
  } 
> lightning.signMessage(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "signature": <string>,
}

gRPC Request: SignMessageRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
msg	bytes	The message to be signed

gRPC Response: SignMessageResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
signature	string	The signature for the given message

VerifyMessage

Simple RPC

VerifyMessage verifies a signature over a msg. The signature must be zbase32 encoded and signed by an active node in the resident node’s channel database. In addition to returning the validity of the signature, VerifyMessage also returns the recovered pubkey from the signature.

# Verify that the message was signed with a properly-formed signature
# The signature must be zbase32 encoded and signed with the private key of
# an active node in the resident node's channel database.
# Positional arguments and flags can be used interchangeably but not at the same time!

$ lncli verifymessage [command options] msg signature

# --msg value  the message to verify
# --sig value  the zbase32 encoded signature of the message

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.VerifyMessageRequest(
        msg=<bytes>,
        signature=<string>,
    )
>>> response = stub.VerifyMessage(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "valid": <bool>,
    "pubkey": <string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    msg: <bytes>, 
    signature: <string>, 
  } 
> lightning.verifyMessage(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "valid": <bool>,
    "pubkey": <string>,
}

gRPC Request: VerifyMessageRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
msg	bytes	The message over which the signature is to be verified
signature	string	The signature to be verified over the given message

gRPC Response: VerifyMessageResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
valid	bool	Whether the signature was valid over the given message
pubkey	string	The pubkey recovered from the signature

ConnectPeer

Simple RPC

ConnectPeer attempts to establish a connection to a remote peer. This is at the networking level, and is used for communication between nodes. This is distinct from establishing a channel with a peer.

# Connect to a remote lnd peer.

$ lncli connect [command options] <pubkey>@host

# --perm  If set, the daemon will attempt to persistently connect to the target peer.
# If not, the call will be synchronous.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ConnectPeerRequest(
        addr=<LightningAddress>,
        perm=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ConnectPeer(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    addr: <LightningAddress>, 
    perm: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.connectPeer(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: ConnectPeerRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
addr	LightningAddress	Lightning address of the peer, in the format <pubkey>@host
perm	bool	If set, the daemon will attempt to persistently connect to the target peer. Otherwise, the call will be synchronous.

gRPC Response: ConnectPeerResponse

This response has no parameters.

DisconnectPeer

Simple RPC

DisconnectPeer attempts to disconnect one peer from another identified by a given pubKey. In the case that we currently have a pending or active channel with the target peer, then this action will be not be allowed.

# Disconnect a remote lnd peer identified by public key.

$ lncli disconnect [command options] <pubkey>

# --node_key value  The hex-encoded compressed public key of the peer to disconnect from

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.DisconnectPeerRequest(
        pub_key=<string>,
    )
>>> response = stub.DisconnectPeer(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    pub_key: <string>, 
  } 
> lightning.disconnectPeer(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: DisconnectPeerRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The pubkey of the node to disconnect from

gRPC Response: DisconnectPeerResponse

This response has no parameters.

ListPeers

Simple RPC

ListPeers returns a verbose listing of all currently active peers.

# List all active, currently connected peers.

$ lncli listpeers [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ListPeersRequest()
>>> response = stub.ListPeers(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "peers": <array Peer>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.listPeers(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "peers": <array Peer>,
}

gRPC Request: ListPeersRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: ListPeersResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
peers	array Peer	The list of currently connected peers

GetInfo

Simple RPC

GetInfo returns general information concerning the lightning node including it’s identity pubkey, alias, the chains it is connected to, and information concerning the number of open+pending channels.

# Returns basic information related to the active daemon.

$ lncli getinfo [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.GetInfoRequest()
>>> response = stub.GetInfo(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "identity_pubkey": <string>,
    "alias": <string>,
    "num_pending_channels": <uint32>,
    "num_active_channels": <uint32>,
    "num_peers": <uint32>,
    "block_height": <uint32>,
    "block_hash": <string>,
    "synced_to_chain": <bool>,
    "testnet": <bool>,
    "uris": <array string>,
    "best_header_timestamp": <int64>,
    "version": <string>,
    "num_inactive_channels": <uint32>,
    "chains": <array Chain>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.getInfo(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "identity_pubkey": <string>,
    "alias": <string>,
    "num_pending_channels": <uint32>,
    "num_active_channels": <uint32>,
    "num_peers": <uint32>,
    "block_height": <uint32>,
    "block_hash": <string>,
    "synced_to_chain": <bool>,
    "testnet": <bool>,
    "uris": <array string>,
    "best_header_timestamp": <int64>,
    "version": <string>,
    "num_inactive_channels": <uint32>,
    "chains": <array Chain>,
}

gRPC Request: GetInfoRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: GetInfoResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
identity_pubkey	string	The identity pubkey of the current node.
alias	string	If applicable, the alias of the current node, e.g. “bob”
num_pending_channels	uint32	Number of pending channels
num_active_channels	uint32	Number of active channels
num_peers	uint32	Number of peers
block_height	uint32	The node’s current view of the height of the best block
block_hash	string	The node’s current view of the hash of the best block
synced_to_chain	bool	Whether the wallet’s view is synced to the main chain
testnet	bool	Whether the current node is connected to testnet. This field is deprecated and the network field should be used instead
uris	array string	The URIs of the current node.
best_header_timestamp	int64	Timestamp of the block best known to the wallet
version	string	The version of the LND software that the node is running.
num_inactive_channels	uint32	Number of inactive channels
chains	array Chain	A list of active chains the node is connected to

PendingChannels

Simple RPC

PendingChannels returns a list of all the channels that are currently considered “pending”. A channel is pending if it has finished the funding workflow and is waiting for confirmations for the funding txn, or is in the process of closure, either initiated cooperatively or non-cooperatively.

# Display information pertaining to pending channels.

$ lncli pendingchannels [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.PendingChannelsRequest()
>>> response = stub.PendingChannels(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "total_limbo_balance": <int64>,
    "pending_open_channels": <array PendingOpenChannel>,
    "pending_closing_channels": <array ClosedChannel>,
    "pending_force_closing_channels": <array ForceClosedChannel>,
    "waiting_close_channels": <array WaitingCloseChannel>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.pendingChannels(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "total_limbo_balance": <int64>,
    "pending_open_channels": <array PendingOpenChannel>,
    "pending_closing_channels": <array ClosedChannel>,
    "pending_force_closing_channels": <array ForceClosedChannel>,
    "waiting_close_channels": <array WaitingCloseChannel>,
}

gRPC Request: PendingChannelsRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: PendingChannelsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
total_limbo_balance	int64	The balance in satoshis encumbered in pending channels
pending_open_channels	array PendingOpenChannel	Channels pending opening
pending_closing_channels	array ClosedChannel	Channels pending closing
pending_force_closing_channels	array ForceClosedChannel	Channels pending force closing
waiting_close_channels	array WaitingCloseChannel	Channels waiting for closing tx to confirm

ListChannels

Simple RPC

ListChannels returns a description of all the open channels that this node is a participant in.

# List all open channels.

$ lncli listchannels [command options] [arguments...]

# --active_only    only list channels which are currently active
# --inactive_only  only list channels which are currently inactive
# --public_only    only list channels which are currently public
# --private_only   only list channels which are currently private

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ListChannelsRequest(
        active_only=<bool>,
        inactive_only=<bool>,
        public_only=<bool>,
        private_only=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ListChannels(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "channels": <array Channel>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    active_only: <bool>, 
    inactive_only: <bool>, 
    public_only: <bool>, 
    private_only: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.listChannels(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "channels": <array Channel>,
}

gRPC Request: ListChannelsRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
active_only	bool
inactive_only	bool
public_only	bool
private_only	bool

gRPC Response: ListChannelsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
channels	array Channel	The list of active channels

ClosedChannels

Simple RPC

ClosedChannels returns a description of all the closed channels that this node was a participant in.

# List all closed channels.

$ lncli closedchannels [command options] [arguments...]

# --cooperative       list channels that were closed cooperatively
# --local_force       list channels that were force-closed by the local node
# --remote_force      list channels that were force-closed by the remote node
# --breach            list channels for which the remote node attempted to broadcast a prior revoked channel state
# --funding_canceled  list channels that were never fully opened
# --abandoned         list channels that were abandoned by the local node

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ClosedChannelsRequest(
        cooperative=<bool>,
        local_force=<bool>,
        remote_force=<bool>,
        breach=<bool>,
        funding_canceled=<bool>,
        abandoned=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ClosedChannels(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "channels": <array ChannelCloseSummary>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    cooperative: <bool>, 
    local_force: <bool>, 
    remote_force: <bool>, 
    breach: <bool>, 
    funding_canceled: <bool>, 
    abandoned: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.closedChannels(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "channels": <array ChannelCloseSummary>,
}

gRPC Request: ClosedChannelsRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
cooperative	bool
local_force	bool
remote_force	bool
breach	bool
funding_canceled	bool
abandoned	bool

gRPC Response: ClosedChannelsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
channels	array ChannelCloseSummary

OpenChannelSync

Simple RPC

OpenChannelSync is a synchronous version of the OpenChannel RPC call. This call is meant to be consumed by clients to the REST proxy. As with all other sync calls, all byte slices are intended to be populated as hex encoded strings.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.OpenChannelRequest(
        node_pubkey=<bytes>,
        node_pubkey_string=<string>,
        local_funding_amount=<int64>,
        push_sat=<int64>,
        target_conf=<int32>,
        sat_per_byte=<int64>,
        private=<bool>,
        min_htlc_msat=<int64>,
        remote_csv_delay=<uint32>,
        min_confs=<int32>,
        spend_unconfirmed=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.OpenChannelSync(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "funding_txid_bytes": <bytes>,
    "funding_txid_str": <string>,
    "output_index": <uint32>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    node_pubkey: <bytes>, 
    node_pubkey_string: <string>, 
    local_funding_amount: <int64>, 
    push_sat: <int64>, 
    target_conf: <int32>, 
    sat_per_byte: <int64>, 
    private: <bool>, 
    min_htlc_msat: <int64>, 
    remote_csv_delay: <uint32>, 
    min_confs: <int32>, 
    spend_unconfirmed: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.openChannelSync(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "funding_txid_bytes": <bytes>,
    "funding_txid_str": <string>,
    "output_index": <uint32>,
}

gRPC Request: OpenChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
node_pubkey	bytes	The pubkey of the node to open a channel with
node_pubkey_string	string	The hex encoded pubkey of the node to open a channel with
local_funding_amount	int64	The number of satoshis the wallet should commit to the channel
push_sat	int64	The number of satoshis to push to the remote side as part of the initial commitment state
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that the funding transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the funding transaction.
private	bool	Whether this channel should be private, not announced to the greater network.
min_htlc_msat	int64	The minimum value in millisatoshi we will require for incoming HTLCs on the channel.
remote_csv_delay	uint32	The delay we require on the remote’s commitment transaction. If this is not set, it will be scaled automatically with the channel size.
min_confs	int32	The minimum number of confirmations each one of your outputs used for the funding transaction must satisfy.
spend_unconfirmed	bool	Whether unconfirmed outputs should be used as inputs for the funding transaction.

gRPC Response: ChannelPoint

Parameter	Type	Description
funding_txid_bytes	bytes	Txid of the funding transaction
funding_txid_str	string	Hex-encoded string representing the funding transaction
output_index	uint32	The index of the output of the funding transaction

OpenChannel

Response-streaming RPC

OpenChannel attempts to open a singly funded channel specified in the request to a remote peer. Users are able to specify a target number of blocks that the funding transaction should be confirmed in, or a manual fee rate to us for the funding transaction. If neither are specified, then a lax block confirmation target is used.

# Attempt to open a new channel to an existing peer with the key node-key
# optionally blocking until the channel is 'open'.
# One can also connect to a node before opening a new channel to it by
# setting its host:port via the --connect argument. For this to work,
# the node_key must be provided, rather than the peer_id. This is optional.
# The channel will be initialized with local-amt satoshis local and push-amt
# satoshis for the remote node. Note that specifying push-amt means you give that
# amount to the remote node as part of the channel opening. Once the channel is open,
# a channelPoint (txid:vout) of the funding output is returned.
# One can manually set the fee to be used for the funding transaction via either
# the --conf_target or --sat_per_byte arguments. This is optional.

$ lncli openchannel [command options] node-key local-amt push-amt

# --node_key value          the identity public key of the target node/peer serialized in compressed format
# --connect value           (optional) the host:port of the target node
# --local_amt value         the number of satoshis the wallet should commit to the channel (default: 0)
# --push_amt value          the number of satoshis to give the remote side as part of the initial commitment state, this is equivalent to first opening a channel and sending the remote party funds, but done all in one step (default: 0)
# --block                   block and wait until the channel is fully open
# --conf_target value       (optional) the number of blocks that the transaction *should* confirm in, will be used for fee estimation (default: 0)
# --sat_per_byte value      (optional) a manual fee expressed in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction (default: 0)
# --private                 make the channel private, such that it won't be announced to the greater network, and nodes other than the two channel endpoints must be explicitly told about it to be able to route through it
# --min_htlc_msat value     (optional) the minimum value we will require for incoming HTLCs on the channel (default: 0)
# --remote_csv_delay value  (optional) the number of blocks we will require our channel counterparty to wait before accessing its funds in case of unilateral close. If this is not set, we will scale the value according to the channel size (default: 0)
# --min_confs value         (optional) the minimum number of confirmations each one of your outputs used for the funding transaction must satisfy (default: 1)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.OpenChannelRequest(
        node_pubkey=<bytes>,
        node_pubkey_string=<string>,
        local_funding_amount=<int64>,
        push_sat=<int64>,
        target_conf=<int32>,
        sat_per_byte=<int64>,
        private=<bool>,
        min_htlc_msat=<int64>,
        remote_csv_delay=<uint32>,
        min_confs=<int32>,
        spend_unconfirmed=<bool>,
    )
>>> for response in stub.OpenChannel(request, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "chan_pending": <PendingUpdate>,
    "chan_open": <ChannelOpenUpdate>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    node_pubkey: <bytes>, 
    node_pubkey_string: <string>, 
    local_funding_amount: <int64>, 
    push_sat: <int64>, 
    target_conf: <int32>, 
    sat_per_byte: <int64>, 
    private: <bool>, 
    min_htlc_msat: <int64>, 
    remote_csv_delay: <uint32>, 
    min_confs: <int32>, 
    spend_unconfirmed: <bool>, 
  } 
> var call = lightning.openChannel(request)
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
{ 
    "chan_pending": <PendingUpdate>,
    "chan_open": <ChannelOpenUpdate>,
}

gRPC Request: OpenChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
node_pubkey	bytes	The pubkey of the node to open a channel with
node_pubkey_string	string	The hex encoded pubkey of the node to open a channel with
local_funding_amount	int64	The number of satoshis the wallet should commit to the channel
push_sat	int64	The number of satoshis to push to the remote side as part of the initial commitment state
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that the funding transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the funding transaction.
private	bool	Whether this channel should be private, not announced to the greater network.
min_htlc_msat	int64	The minimum value in millisatoshi we will require for incoming HTLCs on the channel.
remote_csv_delay	uint32	The delay we require on the remote’s commitment transaction. If this is not set, it will be scaled automatically with the channel size.
min_confs	int32	The minimum number of confirmations each one of your outputs used for the funding transaction must satisfy.
spend_unconfirmed	bool	Whether unconfirmed outputs should be used as inputs for the funding transaction.

gRPC Response: OpenStatusUpdate (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_pending	PendingUpdate
chan_open	ChannelOpenUpdate

CloseChannel

Response-streaming RPC

CloseChannel attempts to close an active channel identified by its channel outpoint (ChannelPoint). The actions of this method can additionally be augmented to attempt a force close after a timeout period in the case of an inactive peer. If a non-force close (cooperative closure) is requested, then the user can specify either a target number of blocks until the closure transaction is confirmed, or a manual fee rate. If neither are specified, then a default lax, block confirmation target is used.

# Close an existing channel. The channel can be closed either cooperatively,
# or unilaterally (--force).
# A unilateral channel closure means that the latest commitment
# transaction will be broadcast to the network. As a result, any settled
# funds will be time locked for a few blocks before they can be spent.
# In the case of a cooperative closure, One can manually set the fee to
# be used for the closing transaction via either the --conf_target or
# --sat_per_byte arguments. This will be the starting value used during
# fee negotiation. This is optional.
# To view which funding_txids/output_indexes can be used for a channel close,
# see the channel_point values within the listchannels command output.
# The format for a channel_point is 'funding_txid:output_index'.

$ lncli closechannel [command options] funding_txid [output_index [time_limit]]

# --funding_txid value  the txid of the channel's funding transaction
# --output_index value  the output index for the funding output of the funding transaction (default: 0)
# --time_limit value    a relative deadline afterwhich the attempt should be abandoned
# --force               after the time limit has passed, attempt an uncooperative closure
# --block               block until the channel is closed
# --conf_target value   (optional) the number of blocks that the transaction *should* confirm in, will be used for fee estimation (default: 0)
# --sat_per_byte value  (optional) a manual fee expressed in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.CloseChannelRequest(
        channel_point=<ChannelPoint>,
        force=<bool>,
        target_conf=<int32>,
        sat_per_byte=<int64>,
    )
>>> for response in stub.CloseChannel(request, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "close_pending": <PendingUpdate>,
    "chan_close": <ChannelCloseUpdate>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    channel_point: <ChannelPoint>, 
    force: <bool>, 
    target_conf: <int32>, 
    sat_per_byte: <int64>, 
  } 
> var call = lightning.closeChannel(request)
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
{ 
    "close_pending": <PendingUpdate>,
    "chan_close": <ChannelCloseUpdate>,
}

gRPC Request: CloseChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_point	ChannelPoint	The outpoint (txid:index) of the funding transaction. With this value, Bob will be able to generate a signature for Alice’s version of the commitment transaction.
force	bool	If true, then the channel will be closed forcibly. This means the current commitment transaction will be signed and broadcast.
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that the closure transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the closure transaction.

gRPC Response: CloseStatusUpdate (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
close_pending	PendingUpdate
chan_close	ChannelCloseUpdate

AbandonChannel

Simple RPC

AbandonChannel removes all channel state from the database except for a close summary. This method can be used to get rid of permanently unusable channels due to bugs fixed in newer versions of lnd. Only available when in debug builds of lnd.

# Removes all channel state from the database except for a close
# summary. This method can be used to get rid of permanently unusable
# channels due to bugs fixed in newer versions of lnd.
# Only available when lnd is built in debug mode.
# To view which funding_txids/output_indexes can be used for this command,
# see the channel_point values within the listchannels command output.
# The format for a channel_point is 'funding_txid:output_index'.

$ lncli abandonchannel [command options] funding_txid [output_index]

# --funding_txid value  the txid of the channel's funding transaction
# --output_index value  the output index for the funding output of the funding transaction (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.AbandonChannelRequest(
        channel_point=<ChannelPoint>,
    )
>>> response = stub.AbandonChannel(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    channel_point: <ChannelPoint>, 
  } 
> lightning.abandonChannel(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: AbandonChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_point	ChannelPoint

gRPC Response: AbandonChannelResponse

This response has no parameters.

SendPayment

Bidirectional-streaming RPC

SendPayment dispatches a bi-directional streaming RPC for sending payments through the Lightning Network. A single RPC invocation creates a persistent bi-directional stream allowing clients to rapidly send payments through the Lightning Network with a single persistent connection.

# Send a payment over Lightning. One can either specify the full
# parameters of the payment, or just use a payment request which encodes
# all the payment details.
# If payment isn't manually specified, then only a payment request needs
# to be passed using the --pay_req argument.
# If the payment *is* manually specified, then all four alternative
# arguments need to be specified in order to complete the payment:
# * --dest=N
# * --amt=A
# * --final_cltv_delta=T
# * --payment_hash=H
# The --debug_send flag is provided for usage *purely* in test
# environments. If specified, then the payment hash isn't required, as
# it'll use the hash of all zeroes. This mode allows one to quickly test
# payment connectivity without having to create an invoice at the
# destination.

$ lncli sendpayment [command options] dest amt payment_hash final_cltv_delta | --pay_req=[payment request]

# --dest value, -d value          the compressed identity pubkey of the payment recipient
# --amt value, -a value           number of satoshis to send (default: 0)
# --fee_limit value               maximum fee allowed in satoshis when sendingthe payment (default: 0)
# --fee_limit_percent value       percentage of the payment's amount used as themaximum fee allowed when sending the payment (default: 0)
# --payment_hash value, -r value  the hash to use within the payment's HTLC
# --debug_send                    use the debug rHash when sending the HTLC
# --pay_req value                 a zpay32 encoded payment request to fulfill
# --final_cltv_delta value        the number of blocks the last hop has to reveal the preimage (default: 0)
# --force, -f                     will skip payment request confirmation

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
# Define a generator that returns an Iterable of SendRequest objects.
>>> def request_generator():
        # Initialization code here.
        while True:
            # Parameters here can be set as arguments to the generator.
            request = ln.SendRequest(
                dest=<bytes>,
                dest_string=<string>,
                amt=<int64>,
                payment_hash=<bytes>,
                payment_hash_string=<string>,
                payment_request=<string>,
                final_cltv_delta=<int32>,
                fee_limit=<FeeLimit>,
            )
            yield request
            # Do things between iterations here.
>>> request_iterable = request_generator()
>>> for response in stub.SendPayment(request_iterable, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    dest: <bytes>, 
    dest_string: <string>, 
    amt: <int64>, 
    payment_hash: <bytes>, 
    payment_hash_string: <string>, 
    payment_request: <string>, 
    final_cltv_delta: <int32>, 
    fee_limit: <FeeLimit>, 
  } 
> var call = lightning.sendPayment({})
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
> call.write(request)

{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

gRPC Request: SendRequest (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
dest	bytes	The identity pubkey of the payment recipient
dest_string	string	The hex-encoded identity pubkey of the payment recipient
amt	int64	Number of satoshis to send.
payment_hash	bytes	The hash to use within the payment’s HTLC
payment_hash_string	string	The hex-encoded hash to use within the payment’s HTLC
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
final_cltv_delta	int32	The CLTV delta from the current height that should be used to set the timelock for the final hop.
fee_limit	FeeLimit	The maximum number of satoshis that will be paid as a fee of the payment. This value can be represented either as a percentage of the amount being sent, or as a fixed amount of the maximum fee the user is willing the pay to send the payment.

gRPC Response: SendResponse (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_error	string
payment_preimage	bytes
payment_route	Route
payment_hash	bytes

SendPaymentSync

Simple RPC

SendPaymentSync is the synchronous non-streaming version of SendPayment. This RPC is intended to be consumed by clients of the REST proxy. Additionally, this RPC expects the destination’s public key and the payment hash (if any) to be encoded as hex strings.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.SendRequest(
        dest=<bytes>,
        dest_string=<string>,
        amt=<int64>,
        payment_hash=<bytes>,
        payment_hash_string=<string>,
        payment_request=<string>,
        final_cltv_delta=<int32>,
        fee_limit=<FeeLimit>,
    )
>>> response = stub.SendPaymentSync(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    dest: <bytes>, 
    dest_string: <string>, 
    amt: <int64>, 
    payment_hash: <bytes>, 
    payment_hash_string: <string>, 
    payment_request: <string>, 
    final_cltv_delta: <int32>, 
    fee_limit: <FeeLimit>, 
  } 
> lightning.sendPaymentSync(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

gRPC Request: SendRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
dest	bytes	The identity pubkey of the payment recipient
dest_string	string	The hex-encoded identity pubkey of the payment recipient
amt	int64	Number of satoshis to send.
payment_hash	bytes	The hash to use within the payment’s HTLC
payment_hash_string	string	The hex-encoded hash to use within the payment’s HTLC
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
final_cltv_delta	int32	The CLTV delta from the current height that should be used to set the timelock for the final hop.
fee_limit	FeeLimit	The maximum number of satoshis that will be paid as a fee of the payment. This value can be represented either as a percentage of the amount being sent, or as a fixed amount of the maximum fee the user is willing the pay to send the payment.

gRPC Response: SendResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_error	string
payment_preimage	bytes
payment_route	Route
payment_hash	bytes

SendToRoute

Bidirectional-streaming RPC

SendToRoute is a bi-directional streaming RPC for sending payment through the Lightning Network. This method differs from SendPayment in that it allows users to specify a full route manually. This can be used for things like rebalancing, and atomic swaps.

# Send a payment over Lightning using a specific route. One must specify
# a list of routes to attempt and the payment hash. This command can even
# be chained with the response to queryroutes. This command can be used
# to implement channel rebalancing by crafting a self-route, or even
# atomic swaps using a self-route that crosses multiple chains.
# There are three ways to specify routes:
# * using the --routes parameter to manually specify a JSON encoded
# set of routes in the format of the return value of queryroutes:
# (lncli sendtoroute --payment_hash=<pay_hash> --routes=<route>)
# * passing the routes as a positional argument:
# (lncli sendtoroute --payment_hash=pay_hash <route>)
# * or reading in the routes from stdin, which can allow chaining the
# response from queryroutes, or even read in a file with a set of
# pre-computed routes:
# (lncli queryroutes --args.. | lncli sendtoroute --payment_hash= -
# notice the '-' at the end, which signals that lncli should read
# the route in from stdin

$ lncli sendtoroute [command options] [arguments...]

# --payment_hash value, --pay_hash value  the hash to use within the payment's HTLC
# --routes value, -r value                a json array string in the format of the response of queryroutes that denotes which routes to use

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
# Define a generator that returns an Iterable of SendToRouteRequest objects.
>>> def request_generator():
        # Initialization code here.
        while True:
            # Parameters here can be set as arguments to the generator.
            request = ln.SendToRouteRequest(
                payment_hash=<bytes>,
                payment_hash_string=<string>,
                routes=<array Route>,
                route=<Route>,
            )
            yield request
            # Do things between iterations here.
>>> request_iterable = request_generator()
>>> for response in stub.SendToRoute(request_iterable, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    payment_hash: <bytes>, 
    payment_hash_string: <string>, 
    routes: <array Route>, 
    route: <Route>, 
  } 
> var call = lightning.sendToRoute({})
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
> call.write(request)

{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

gRPC Request: SendToRouteRequest (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_hash	bytes	The payment hash to use for the HTLC.
payment_hash_string	string	An optional hex-encoded payment hash to be used for the HTLC.
routes	array Route	Deprecated. The set of routes that should be used to attempt to complete the payment. The possibility to pass in multiple routes is deprecated and instead the single route field below should be used in combination with the streaming variant of SendToRoute.
route	Route	Route that should be used to attempt to complete the payment.

gRPC Response: SendResponse (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_error	string
payment_preimage	bytes
payment_route	Route
payment_hash	bytes

SendToRouteSync

Simple RPC

SendToRouteSync is a synchronous version of SendToRoute. It Will block until the payment either fails or succeeds.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.SendToRouteRequest(
        payment_hash=<bytes>,
        payment_hash_string=<string>,
        routes=<array Route>,
        route=<Route>,
    )
>>> response = stub.SendToRouteSync(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    payment_hash: <bytes>, 
    payment_hash_string: <string>, 
    routes: <array Route>, 
    route: <Route>, 
  } 
> lightning.sendToRouteSync(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "payment_error": <string>,
    "payment_preimage": <bytes>,
    "payment_route": <Route>,
    "payment_hash": <bytes>,
}

gRPC Request: SendToRouteRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_hash	bytes	The payment hash to use for the HTLC.
payment_hash_string	string	An optional hex-encoded payment hash to be used for the HTLC.
routes	array Route	Deprecated. The set of routes that should be used to attempt to complete the payment. The possibility to pass in multiple routes is deprecated and instead the single route field below should be used in combination with the streaming variant of SendToRoute.
route	Route	Route that should be used to attempt to complete the payment.

gRPC Response: SendResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_error	string
payment_preimage	bytes
payment_route	Route
payment_hash	bytes

AddInvoice

Simple RPC

AddInvoice attempts to add a new invoice to the invoice database. Any duplicated invoices are rejected, therefore all invoices must have a unique payment preimage.

# Add a new invoice, expressing intent for a future payment.
# Invoices without an amount can be created by not supplying any
# parameters or providing an amount of 0. These invoices allow the payee
# to specify the amount of satoshis they wish to send.

$ lncli addinvoice [command options] value preimage

# --memo value              a description of the payment to attach along with the invoice (default="")
# --receipt value           an optional cryptographic receipt of payment
# --preimage value          the hex-encoded preimage (32 byte) which will allow settling an incoming HTLC payable to this preimage. If not set, a random preimage will be created.
# --amt value               the amt of satoshis in this invoice (default: 0)
# --description_hash value  SHA-256 hash of the description of the payment. Used if the purpose of payment cannot naturally fit within the memo. If provided this will be used instead of the description(memo) field in the encoded invoice.
# --fallback_addr value     fallback on-chain address that can be used in case the lightning payment fails
# --expiry value            the invoice's expiry time in seconds. If not specified an expiry of 3600 seconds (1 hour) is implied. (default: 0)
# --private                 encode routing hints in the invoice with private channels in order to assist the payer in reaching you

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.Invoice(
        memo=<string>,
        receipt=<bytes>,
        r_preimage=<bytes>,
        r_hash=<bytes>,
        value=<int64>,
        settled=<bool>,
        creation_date=<int64>,
        settle_date=<int64>,
        payment_request=<string>,
        description_hash=<bytes>,
        expiry=<int64>,
        fallback_addr=<string>,
        cltv_expiry=<uint64>,
        route_hints=<array RouteHint>,
        private=<bool>,
        add_index=<uint64>,
        settle_index=<uint64>,
        amt_paid=<int64>,
        amt_paid_sat=<int64>,
        amt_paid_msat=<int64>,
        state=<InvoiceState>,
    )
>>> response = stub.AddInvoice(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "r_hash": <bytes>,
    "payment_request": <string>,
    "add_index": <uint64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    memo: <string>, 
    receipt: <bytes>, 
    r_preimage: <bytes>, 
    r_hash: <bytes>, 
    value: <int64>, 
    settled: <bool>, 
    creation_date: <int64>, 
    settle_date: <int64>, 
    payment_request: <string>, 
    description_hash: <bytes>, 
    expiry: <int64>, 
    fallback_addr: <string>, 
    cltv_expiry: <uint64>, 
    route_hints: <array RouteHint>, 
    private: <bool>, 
    add_index: <uint64>, 
    settle_index: <uint64>, 
    amt_paid: <int64>, 
    amt_paid_sat: <int64>, 
    amt_paid_msat: <int64>, 
    state: <InvoiceState>, 
  } 
> lightning.addInvoice(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "r_hash": <bytes>,
    "payment_request": <string>,
    "add_index": <uint64>,
}

gRPC Request: Invoice

Parameter	Type	Description
memo	string	An optional memo to attach along with the invoice. Used for record keeping purposes for the invoice’s creator, and will also be set in the description field of the encoded payment request if the description_hash field is not being used.
receipt	bytes	Deprecated. An optional cryptographic receipt of payment which is not implemented.
r_preimage	bytes	The hex-encoded preimage (32 byte) which will allow settling an incoming HTLC payable to this preimage
r_hash	bytes	The hash of the preimage
value	int64	The value of this invoice in satoshis
settled	bool	Whether this invoice has been fulfilled
creation_date	int64	When this invoice was created
settle_date	int64	When this invoice was settled
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
description_hash	bytes	Hash (SHA-256) of a description of the payment. Used if the description of payment (memo) is too long to naturally fit within the description field of an encoded payment request.
expiry	int64	Payment request expiry time in seconds. Default is 3600 (1 hour).
fallback_addr	string	Fallback on-chain address.
cltv_expiry	uint64	Delta to use for the time-lock of the CLTV extended to the final hop.
route_hints	array RouteHint	Route hints that can each be individually used to assist in reaching the invoice’s destination.
private	bool	Whether this invoice should include routing hints for private channels.
add_index	uint64	The “add” index of this invoice. Each newly created invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all added invoices with an add_index greater than this one.
settle_index	uint64	The “settle” index of this invoice. Each newly settled invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all settled invoices with an settle_index greater than this one.
amt_paid	int64	Deprecated, use amt_paid_sat or amt_paid_msat.
amt_paid_sat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in satoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
amt_paid_msat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in millisatoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
state	InvoiceState	The state the invoice is in.

gRPC Response: AddInvoiceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
r_hash	bytes
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
add_index	uint64	The “add” index of this invoice. Each newly created invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all added invoices with an add_index greater than this one.

ListInvoices

Simple RPC

ListInvoices returns a list of all the invoices currently stored within the database. Any active debug invoices are ignored. It has full support for paginated responses, allowing users to query for specific invoices through their add_index. This can be done by using either the first_index_offset or last_index_offset fields included in the response as the index_offset of the next request. By default, the first 100 invoices created will be returned. Backwards pagination is also supported through the Reversed flag.

# This command enables the retrieval of all invoices currently stored
# within the database. It has full support for paginationed responses,
# allowing users to query for specific invoices through their add_index.
# This can be done by using either the first_index_offset or
# last_index_offset fields included in the response as the index_offset of
# the next request. The reversed flag is set by default in order to
# paginate backwards. If you wish to paginate forwards, you must
# explicitly set the flag to false. If none of the parameters are
# specified, then the last 100 invoices will be returned.
# For example: if you have 200 invoices, "lncli listinvoices" will return
# the last 100 created. If you wish to retrieve the previous 100, the
# first_offset_index of the response can be used as the index_offset of
# the next listinvoices request.

$ lncli listinvoices [command options] [arguments...]

# --pending_only        toggles if all invoices should be returned, or only those that are currently unsettled
# --index_offset value  the index of an invoice that will be used as either the start or end of a query to determine which invoices should be returned in the response (default: 0)
# --max_invoices value  the max number of invoices to return (default: 0)
# --reversed            if set, the invoices returned precede the given index_offset, allowing backwards pagination

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ListInvoiceRequest(
        pending_only=<bool>,
        index_offset=<uint64>,
        num_max_invoices=<uint64>,
        reversed=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ListInvoices(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "invoices": <array Invoice>,
    "last_index_offset": <uint64>,
    "first_index_offset": <uint64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    pending_only: <bool>, 
    index_offset: <uint64>, 
    num_max_invoices: <uint64>, 
    reversed: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.listInvoices(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "invoices": <array Invoice>,
    "last_index_offset": <uint64>,
    "first_index_offset": <uint64>,
}

gRPC Request: ListInvoiceRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pending_only	bool	If set, only unsettled invoices will be returned in the response.
index_offset	uint64	The index of an invoice that will be used as either the start or end of a query to determine which invoices should be returned in the response.
num_max_invoices	uint64	The max number of invoices to return in the response to this query.
reversed	bool	If set, the invoices returned will result from seeking backwards from the specified index offset. This can be used to paginate backwards.

gRPC Response: ListInvoiceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
invoices	array Invoice	A list of invoices from the time slice of the time series specified in the request.
last_index_offset	uint64	The index of the last item in the set of returned invoices. This can be used to seek further, pagination style.
first_index_offset	uint64	The index of the last item in the set of returned invoices. This can be used to seek backwards, pagination style.

LookupInvoice

Simple RPC

LookupInvoice attempts to look up an invoice according to its payment hash. The passed payment hash must be exactly 32 bytes, if not, an error is returned.

# Lookup an existing invoice by its payment hash.

$ lncli lookupinvoice [command options] rhash

# --rhash value  the 32 byte payment hash of the invoice to query for, the hash should be a hex-encoded string

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.PaymentHash(
        r_hash_str=<string>,
        r_hash=<bytes>,
    )
>>> response = stub.LookupInvoice(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "memo": <string>,
    "receipt": <bytes>,
    "r_preimage": <bytes>,
    "r_hash": <bytes>,
    "value": <int64>,
    "settled": <bool>,
    "creation_date": <int64>,
    "settle_date": <int64>,
    "payment_request": <string>,
    "description_hash": <bytes>,
    "expiry": <int64>,
    "fallback_addr": <string>,
    "cltv_expiry": <uint64>,
    "route_hints": <array RouteHint>,
    "private": <bool>,
    "add_index": <uint64>,
    "settle_index": <uint64>,
    "amt_paid": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_sat": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_msat": <int64>,
    "state": <InvoiceState>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    r_hash_str: <string>, 
    r_hash: <bytes>, 
  } 
> lightning.lookupInvoice(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "memo": <string>,
    "receipt": <bytes>,
    "r_preimage": <bytes>,
    "r_hash": <bytes>,
    "value": <int64>,
    "settled": <bool>,
    "creation_date": <int64>,
    "settle_date": <int64>,
    "payment_request": <string>,
    "description_hash": <bytes>,
    "expiry": <int64>,
    "fallback_addr": <string>,
    "cltv_expiry": <uint64>,
    "route_hints": <array RouteHint>,
    "private": <bool>,
    "add_index": <uint64>,
    "settle_index": <uint64>,
    "amt_paid": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_sat": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_msat": <int64>,
    "state": <InvoiceState>,
}

gRPC Request: PaymentHash

Parameter	Type	Description
r_hash_str	string	The hex-encoded payment hash of the invoice to be looked up. The passed payment hash must be exactly 32 bytes, otherwise an error is returned.
r_hash	bytes	The payment hash of the invoice to be looked up.

gRPC Response: Invoice

Parameter	Type	Description
memo	string	An optional memo to attach along with the invoice. Used for record keeping purposes for the invoice’s creator, and will also be set in the description field of the encoded payment request if the description_hash field is not being used.
receipt	bytes	Deprecated. An optional cryptographic receipt of payment which is not implemented.
r_preimage	bytes	The hex-encoded preimage (32 byte) which will allow settling an incoming HTLC payable to this preimage
r_hash	bytes	The hash of the preimage
value	int64	The value of this invoice in satoshis
settled	bool	Whether this invoice has been fulfilled
creation_date	int64	When this invoice was created
settle_date	int64	When this invoice was settled
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
description_hash	bytes	Hash (SHA-256) of a description of the payment. Used if the description of payment (memo) is too long to naturally fit within the description field of an encoded payment request.
expiry	int64	Payment request expiry time in seconds. Default is 3600 (1 hour).
fallback_addr	string	Fallback on-chain address.
cltv_expiry	uint64	Delta to use for the time-lock of the CLTV extended to the final hop.
route_hints	array RouteHint	Route hints that can each be individually used to assist in reaching the invoice’s destination.
private	bool	Whether this invoice should include routing hints for private channels.
add_index	uint64	The “add” index of this invoice. Each newly created invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all added invoices with an add_index greater than this one.
settle_index	uint64	The “settle” index of this invoice. Each newly settled invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all settled invoices with an settle_index greater than this one.
amt_paid	int64	Deprecated, use amt_paid_sat or amt_paid_msat.
amt_paid_sat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in satoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
amt_paid_msat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in millisatoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
state	InvoiceState	The state the invoice is in.

SubscribeInvoices

Response-streaming RPC

SubscribeInvoices returns a uni-directional stream (server -> client) for notifying the client of newly added/settled invoices. The caller can optionally specify the add_index and/or the settle_index. If the add_index is specified, then we’ll first start by sending add invoice events for all invoices with an add_index greater than the specified value. If the settle_index is specified, the next, we’ll send out all settle events for invoices with a settle_index greater than the specified value. One or both of these fields can be set. If no fields are set, then we’ll only send out the latest add/settle events.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.InvoiceSubscription(
        add_index=<uint64>,
        settle_index=<uint64>,
    )
>>> for response in stub.SubscribeInvoices(request, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "memo": <string>,
    "receipt": <bytes>,
    "r_preimage": <bytes>,
    "r_hash": <bytes>,
    "value": <int64>,
    "settled": <bool>,
    "creation_date": <int64>,
    "settle_date": <int64>,
    "payment_request": <string>,
    "description_hash": <bytes>,
    "expiry": <int64>,
    "fallback_addr": <string>,
    "cltv_expiry": <uint64>,
    "route_hints": <array RouteHint>,
    "private": <bool>,
    "add_index": <uint64>,
    "settle_index": <uint64>,
    "amt_paid": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_sat": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_msat": <int64>,
    "state": <InvoiceState>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    add_index: <uint64>, 
    settle_index: <uint64>, 
  } 
> var call = lightning.subscribeInvoices(request)
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
{ 
    "memo": <string>,
    "receipt": <bytes>,
    "r_preimage": <bytes>,
    "r_hash": <bytes>,
    "value": <int64>,
    "settled": <bool>,
    "creation_date": <int64>,
    "settle_date": <int64>,
    "payment_request": <string>,
    "description_hash": <bytes>,
    "expiry": <int64>,
    "fallback_addr": <string>,
    "cltv_expiry": <uint64>,
    "route_hints": <array RouteHint>,
    "private": <bool>,
    "add_index": <uint64>,
    "settle_index": <uint64>,
    "amt_paid": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_sat": <int64>,
    "amt_paid_msat": <int64>,
    "state": <InvoiceState>,
}

gRPC Request: InvoiceSubscription

Parameter	Type	Description
add_index	uint64	If specified (non-zero), then we’ll first start by sending out notifications for all added indexes with an add_index greater than this value. This allows callers to catch up on any events they missed while they weren’t connected to the streaming RPC.
settle_index	uint64	If specified (non-zero), then we’ll first start by sending out notifications for all settled indexes with an settle_index greater than this value. This allows callers to catch up on any events they missed while they weren’t connected to the streaming RPC.

gRPC Response: Invoice (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
memo	string	An optional memo to attach along with the invoice. Used for record keeping purposes for the invoice’s creator, and will also be set in the description field of the encoded payment request if the description_hash field is not being used.
receipt	bytes	Deprecated. An optional cryptographic receipt of payment which is not implemented.
r_preimage	bytes	The hex-encoded preimage (32 byte) which will allow settling an incoming HTLC payable to this preimage
r_hash	bytes	The hash of the preimage
value	int64	The value of this invoice in satoshis
settled	bool	Whether this invoice has been fulfilled
creation_date	int64	When this invoice was created
settle_date	int64	When this invoice was settled
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
description_hash	bytes	Hash (SHA-256) of a description of the payment. Used if the description of payment (memo) is too long to naturally fit within the description field of an encoded payment request.
expiry	int64	Payment request expiry time in seconds. Default is 3600 (1 hour).
fallback_addr	string	Fallback on-chain address.
cltv_expiry	uint64	Delta to use for the time-lock of the CLTV extended to the final hop.
route_hints	array RouteHint	Route hints that can each be individually used to assist in reaching the invoice’s destination.
private	bool	Whether this invoice should include routing hints for private channels.
add_index	uint64	The “add” index of this invoice. Each newly created invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all added invoices with an add_index greater than this one.
settle_index	uint64	The “settle” index of this invoice. Each newly settled invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all settled invoices with an settle_index greater than this one.
amt_paid	int64	Deprecated, use amt_paid_sat or amt_paid_msat.
amt_paid_sat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in satoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
amt_paid_msat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in millisatoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
state	InvoiceState	The state the invoice is in.

DecodePayReq

Simple RPC

DecodePayReq takes an encoded payment request string and attempts to decode it, returning a full description of the conditions encoded within the payment request.

# Decode the passed payment request revealing the destination, payment hash and value of the payment request

$ lncli decodepayreq [command options] pay_req

# --pay_req value  the bech32 encoded payment request

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.PayReqString(
        pay_req=<string>,
    )
>>> response = stub.DecodePayReq(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "destination": <string>,
    "payment_hash": <string>,
    "num_satoshis": <int64>,
    "timestamp": <int64>,
    "expiry": <int64>,
    "description": <string>,
    "description_hash": <string>,
    "fallback_addr": <string>,
    "cltv_expiry": <int64>,
    "route_hints": <array RouteHint>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    pay_req: <string>, 
  } 
> lightning.decodePayReq(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "destination": <string>,
    "payment_hash": <string>,
    "num_satoshis": <int64>,
    "timestamp": <int64>,
    "expiry": <int64>,
    "description": <string>,
    "description_hash": <string>,
    "fallback_addr": <string>,
    "cltv_expiry": <int64>,
    "route_hints": <array RouteHint>,
}

gRPC Request: PayReqString

Parameter	Type	Description
pay_req	string	The payment request string to be decoded

gRPC Response: PayReq

Parameter	Type	Description
destination	string
payment_hash	string
num_satoshis	int64
timestamp	int64
expiry	int64
description	string
description_hash	string
fallback_addr	string
cltv_expiry	int64
route_hints	array RouteHint

ListPayments

Simple RPC

ListPayments returns a list of all outgoing payments.

# List all outgoing payments.

$ lncli listpayments [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ListPaymentsRequest()
>>> response = stub.ListPayments(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "payments": <array Payment>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.listPayments(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "payments": <array Payment>,
}

gRPC Request: ListPaymentsRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: ListPaymentsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
payments	array Payment	The list of payments

DeleteAllPayments

Simple RPC

DeleteAllPayments deletes all outgoing payments from DB.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.DeleteAllPaymentsRequest()
>>> response = stub.DeleteAllPayments(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.deleteAllPayments(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: DeleteAllPaymentsRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: DeleteAllPaymentsResponse

This response has no parameters.

DescribeGraph

Simple RPC

DescribeGraph returns a description of the latest graph state from the point of view of the node. The graph information is partitioned into two components: all the nodes/vertexes, and all the edges that connect the vertexes themselves. As this is a directed graph, the edges also contain the node directional specific routing policy which includes: the time lock delta, fee information, etc.

# Prints a human readable version of the known channel graph from the PoV of the node

$ lncli describegraph [command options] [arguments...]

# --include_unannounced  If set, unannounced channels will be included in the graph. Unannounced channels are both private channels, and public channels that are not yet announced to the network.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ChannelGraphRequest(
        include_unannounced=<bool>,
    )
>>> response = stub.DescribeGraph(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "nodes": <array LightningNode>,
    "edges": <array ChannelEdge>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    include_unannounced: <bool>, 
  } 
> lightning.describeGraph(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "nodes": <array LightningNode>,
    "edges": <array ChannelEdge>,
}

gRPC Request: ChannelGraphRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
include_unannounced	bool	Whether unannounced channels are included in the response or not. If set, unannounced channels are included. Unannounced channels are both private channels, and public channels that are not yet announced to the network.

gRPC Response: ChannelGraph

Parameter	Type	Description
nodes	array LightningNode	The list of LightningNodes in this channel graph
edges	array ChannelEdge	The list of ChannelEdges in this channel graph

GetChanInfo

Simple RPC

GetChanInfo returns the latest authenticated network announcement for the given channel identified by its channel ID: an 8-byte integer which uniquely identifies the location of transaction’s funding output within the blockchain.

# Prints out the latest authenticated state for a particular channel

$ lncli getchaninfo [command options] chan_id

# --chan_id value  the 8-byte compact channel ID to query for (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ChanInfoRequest(
        chan_id=<uint64>,
    )
>>> response = stub.GetChanInfo(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "channel_id": <uint64>,
    "chan_point": <string>,
    "last_update": <uint32>,
    "node1_pub": <string>,
    "node2_pub": <string>,
    "capacity": <int64>,
    "node1_policy": <RoutingPolicy>,
    "node2_policy": <RoutingPolicy>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    chan_id: <uint64>, 
  } 
> lightning.getChanInfo(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "channel_id": <uint64>,
    "chan_point": <string>,
    "last_update": <uint32>,
    "node1_pub": <string>,
    "node2_pub": <string>,
    "capacity": <int64>,
    "node1_policy": <RoutingPolicy>,
    "node2_policy": <RoutingPolicy>,
}

gRPC Request: ChanInfoRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.

gRPC Response: ChannelEdge

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.
chan_point	string
last_update	uint32
node1_pub	string
node2_pub	string
capacity	int64
node1_policy	RoutingPolicy
node2_policy	RoutingPolicy

GetNodeInfo

Simple RPC

GetNodeInfo returns the latest advertised, aggregated, and authenticated channel information for the specified node identified by its public key.

# Prints out the latest authenticated node state for an advertised node

$ lncli getnodeinfo [command options] [arguments...]

# --pub_key value  the 33-byte hex-encoded compressed public of the target node

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.NodeInfoRequest(
        pub_key=<string>,
    )
>>> response = stub.GetNodeInfo(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "node": <LightningNode>,
    "num_channels": <uint32>,
    "total_capacity": <int64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    pub_key: <string>, 
  } 
> lightning.getNodeInfo(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "node": <LightningNode>,
    "num_channels": <uint32>,
    "total_capacity": <int64>,
}

gRPC Request: NodeInfoRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The 33-byte hex-encoded compressed public of the target node

gRPC Response: NodeInfo

Parameter	Type	Description
node	LightningNode	An individual vertex/node within the channel graph. A node is connected to other nodes by one or more channel edges emanating from it. As the graph is directed, a node will also have an incoming edge attached to it for each outgoing edge.
num_channels	uint32
total_capacity	int64

QueryRoutes

Simple RPC

QueryRoutes attempts to query the daemon’s Channel Router for a possible route to a target destination capable of carrying a specific amount of satoshis. The retuned route contains the full details required to craft and send an HTLC, also including the necessary information that should be present within the Sphinx packet encapsulated within the HTLC.

# Queries the channel router for a potential path to the destination that has sufficient flow for the amount including fees

$ lncli queryroutes [command options] dest amt

# --dest value               the 33-byte hex-encoded public key for the payment destination
# --amt value                the amount to send expressed in satoshis (default: 0)
# --fee_limit value          maximum fee allowed in satoshis when sending the payment (default: 0)
# --fee_limit_percent value  percentage of the payment's amount used as the maximum fee allowed when sending the payment (default: 0)
# --num_max_routes value     the max number of routes to be returned (default: 10)
# --final_cltv_delta value   (optional) number of blocks the last hop has to reveal the preimage (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.QueryRoutesRequest(
        pub_key=<string>,
        amt=<int64>,
        num_routes=<int32>,
        final_cltv_delta=<int32>,
        fee_limit=<FeeLimit>,
    )
>>> response = stub.QueryRoutes(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "routes": <array Route>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    pub_key: <string>, 
    amt: <int64>, 
    num_routes: <int32>, 
    final_cltv_delta: <int32>, 
    fee_limit: <FeeLimit>, 
  } 
> lightning.queryRoutes(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "routes": <array Route>,
}

gRPC Request: QueryRoutesRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The 33-byte hex-encoded public key for the payment destination
amt	int64	The amount to send expressed in satoshis
num_routes	int32	The max number of routes to return.
final_cltv_delta	int32	An optional CLTV delta from the current height that should be used for the timelock of the final hop
fee_limit	FeeLimit	The maximum number of satoshis that will be paid as a fee of the payment. This value can be represented either as a percentage of the amount being sent, or as a fixed amount of the maximum fee the user is willing the pay to send the payment.

gRPC Response: QueryRoutesResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
routes	array Route

GetNetworkInfo

Simple RPC

GetNetworkInfo returns some basic stats about the known channel graph from the point of view of the node.

# Returns a set of statistics pertaining to the known channel graph

$ lncli getnetworkinfo [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.NetworkInfoRequest()
>>> response = stub.GetNetworkInfo(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "graph_diameter": <uint32>,
    "avg_out_degree": <double>,
    "max_out_degree": <uint32>,
    "num_nodes": <uint32>,
    "num_channels": <uint32>,
    "total_network_capacity": <int64>,
    "avg_channel_size": <double>,
    "min_channel_size": <int64>,
    "max_channel_size": <int64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.getNetworkInfo(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "graph_diameter": <uint32>,
    "avg_out_degree": <double>,
    "max_out_degree": <uint32>,
    "num_nodes": <uint32>,
    "num_channels": <uint32>,
    "total_network_capacity": <int64>,
    "avg_channel_size": <double>,
    "min_channel_size": <int64>,
    "max_channel_size": <int64>,
}

gRPC Request: NetworkInfoRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: NetworkInfo

Parameter	Type	Description
graph_diameter	uint32
avg_out_degree	double
max_out_degree	uint32
num_nodes	uint32
num_channels	uint32
total_network_capacity	int64
avg_channel_size	double
min_channel_size	int64
max_channel_size	int64

StopDaemon

Simple RPC

StopDaemon will send a shutdown request to the interrupt handler, triggering a graceful shutdown of the daemon.

# Gracefully stop all daemon subsystems before stopping the daemon itself.
# This is equivalent to stopping it using CTRL-C.

$ lncli stop [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.StopRequest()
>>> response = stub.StopDaemon(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.stopDaemon(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: StopRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: StopResponse

This response has no parameters.

SubscribeChannelGraph

Response-streaming RPC

SubscribeChannelGraph launches a streaming RPC that allows the caller to receive notifications upon any changes to the channel graph topology from the point of view of the responding node. Events notified include: new nodes coming online, nodes updating their authenticated attributes, new channels being advertised, updates in the routing policy for a directional channel edge, and when channels are closed on-chain.

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.GraphTopologySubscription()
>>> for response in stub.SubscribeChannelGraph(request, metadata=[('macaroon', macaroon)]):
        print(response)
{ 
    "node_updates": <array NodeUpdate>,
    "channel_updates": <array ChannelEdgeUpdate>,
    "closed_chans": <array ClosedChannelUpdate>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> var call = lightning.subscribeChannelGraph(request)
> call.on('data', function(response) {
    // A response was received from the server.
    console.log(response);
  });
> call.on('status', function(status) {
    // The current status of the stream.
  });
> call.on('end', function() {
    // The server has closed the stream.
  });
{ 
    "node_updates": <array NodeUpdate>,
    "channel_updates": <array ChannelEdgeUpdate>,
    "closed_chans": <array ClosedChannelUpdate>,
}

gRPC Request: GraphTopologySubscription

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: GraphTopologyUpdate (Streaming)

Parameter	Type	Description
node_updates	array NodeUpdate
channel_updates	array ChannelEdgeUpdate
closed_chans	array ClosedChannelUpdate

DebugLevel

Simple RPC

DebugLevel allows a caller to programmatically set the logging verbosity of lnd. The logging can be targeted according to a coarse daemon-wide logging level, or in a granular fashion to specify the logging for a target sub-system.

# Logging level for all subsystems {trace, debug, info, warn, error, critical, off}
# You may also specify <subsystem>=<level>,<subsystem2>=<level>,... to set the log level for individual subsystems
# Use show to list available subsystems

$ lncli debuglevel [command options] [arguments...]

# --show         if true, then the list of available sub-systems will be printed out
# --level value  the level specification to target either a coarse logging level, or granular set of specific sub-systems with logging levels for each

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.DebugLevelRequest(
        show=<bool>,
        level_spec=<string>,
    )
>>> response = stub.DebugLevel(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "sub_systems": <string>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    show: <bool>, 
    level_spec: <string>, 
  } 
> lightning.debugLevel(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "sub_systems": <string>,
}

gRPC Request: DebugLevelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
show	bool
level_spec	string

gRPC Response: DebugLevelResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
sub_systems	string

FeeReport

Simple RPC

FeeReport allows the caller to obtain a report detailing the current fee schedule enforced by the node globally for each channel.

# Returns the current fee policies of all active channels.
# Fee policies can be updated using the updatechanpolicy command.

$ lncli feereport [arguments...]

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.FeeReportRequest()
>>> response = stub.FeeReport(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "channel_fees": <array ChannelFeeReport>,
    "day_fee_sum": <uint64>,
    "week_fee_sum": <uint64>,
    "month_fee_sum": <uint64>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = {} 
> lightning.feeReport(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "channel_fees": <array ChannelFeeReport>,
    "day_fee_sum": <uint64>,
    "week_fee_sum": <uint64>,
    "month_fee_sum": <uint64>,
}

gRPC Request: FeeReportRequest

This request has no parameters.

gRPC Response: FeeReportResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_fees	array ChannelFeeReport	An array of channel fee reports which describes the current fee schedule for each channel.
day_fee_sum	uint64	The total amount of fee revenue (in satoshis) the switch has collected over the past 24 hrs.
week_fee_sum	uint64	The total amount of fee revenue (in satoshis) the switch has collected over the past 1 week.
month_fee_sum	uint64	The total amount of fee revenue (in satoshis) the switch has collected over the past 1 month.

UpdateChannelPolicy

Simple RPC

UpdateChannelPolicy allows the caller to update the fee schedule and channel policies for all channels globally, or a particular channel.

# Updates the channel policy for all channels, or just a particular channel
# identified by its channel point. The update will be committed, and
# broadcast to the rest of the network within the next batch.
# Channel points are encoded as: funding_txid:output_index

$ lncli updatechanpolicy [command options] base_fee_msat fee_rate time_lock_delta [channel_point]

# --base_fee_msat value    the base fee in milli-satoshis that will be charged for each forwarded HTLC, regardless of payment size (default: 0)
# --fee_rate value         the fee rate that will be charged proportionally based on the value of each forwarded HTLC, the lowest possible rate is 0.000001
# --time_lock_delta value  the CLTV delta that will be applied to all forwarded HTLCs (default: 0)
# --chan_point value       The channel whose fee policy should be updated, if nil the policies for all channels will be updated. Takes the form of: txid:output_index

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.PolicyUpdateRequest(
        global=<bool>,
        chan_point=<ChannelPoint>,
        base_fee_msat=<int64>,
        fee_rate=<double>,
        time_lock_delta=<uint32>,
    )
>>> response = stub.UpdateChannelPolicy(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    global: <bool>, 
    chan_point: <ChannelPoint>, 
    base_fee_msat: <int64>, 
    fee_rate: <double>, 
    time_lock_delta: <uint32>, 
  } 
> lightning.updateChannelPolicy(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
}

gRPC Request: PolicyUpdateRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
global	bool	If set, then this update applies to all currently active channels.
chan_point	ChannelPoint	If set, this update will target a specific channel.
base_fee_msat	int64	The base fee charged regardless of the number of milli-satoshis sent.
fee_rate	double	The effective fee rate in milli-satoshis. The precision of this value goes up to 6 decimal places, so 1e-6.
time_lock_delta	uint32	The required timelock delta for HTLCs forwarded over the channel.

gRPC Response: PolicyUpdateResponse

This response has no parameters.

ForwardingHistory

Simple RPC

ForwardingHistory allows the caller to query the htlcswitch for a record of all HTLC’s forwarded within the target time range, and integer offset within that time range. If no time-range is specified, then the first chunk of the past 24 hrs of forwarding history are returned. A list of forwarding events are returned. The size of each forwarding event is 40 bytes, and the max message size able to be returned in gRPC is 4 MiB. As a result each message can only contain 50k entries. Each response has the index offset of the last entry. The index offset can be provided to the request to allow the caller to skip a series of records.

# Query the HTLC switch's internal forwarding log for all completed
# payment circuits (HTLCs) over a particular time range (--start_time and
# --end_time). The start and end times are meant to be expressed in
# seconds since the Unix epoch. If a start and end time aren't provided,
# then events over the past 24 hours are queried for.
# The max number of events returned is 50k. The default number is 100,
# callers can use the --max_events param to modify this value.
# Finally, callers can skip a series of events using the --index_offset
# parameter. Each response will contain the offset index of the last
# entry. Using this callers can manually paginate within a time slice.

$ lncli fwdinghistory [command options] start_time [end_time] [index_offset] [max_events]

# --start_time value    the starting time for the query, expressed in seconds since the unix epoch (default: 0)
# --end_time value      the end time for the query, expressed in seconds since the unix epoch (default: 0)
# --index_offset value  the number of events to skip (default: 0)
# --max_events value    the max number of events to return (default: 0)

>>> import codecs, grpc, os
>>> import rpc_pb2 as ln, rpc_pb2_grpc as lnrpc
>>> macaroon = codecs.encode(open('LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon', 'rb').read(), 'hex')
>>> os.environ['GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES'] = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
>>> cert = open('LND_DIR/tls.cert', 'rb').read()
>>> ssl_creds = grpc.ssl_channel_credentials(cert)
>>> channel = grpc.secure_channel('localhost:10009', ssl_creds)
>>> stub = lnrpc.LightningStub(channel)
>>> request = ln.ForwardingHistoryRequest(
        start_time=<uint64>,
        end_time=<uint64>,
        index_offset=<uint32>,
        num_max_events=<uint32>,
    )
>>> response = stub.ForwardingHistory(request, metadata=[('macaroon'), macaroon)])
>>> print(response)
{ 
    "forwarding_events": <array ForwardingEvent>,
    "last_offset_index": <uint32>,
}

> var fs = require('fs');
> var grpc = require('grpc');
> var lnrpc = grpc.load('rpc.proto').lnrpc;
> process.env.GRPC_SSL_CIPHER_SUITES = 'HIGH+ECDSA'
> var lndCert = fs.readFileSync('LND_DIR/tls.cert');
> var sslCreds = grpc.credentials.createSsl(lndCert);
> var macaroonCreds = grpc.credentials.createFromMetadataGenerator(function(args, callback) {
    var macaroon = fs.readFileSync("LND_DIR/data/chain/bitcoin/simnet/admin.macaroon").toString('hex');
    var metadata = new grpc.Metadata()
    metadata.add('macaroon', macaroon);
    callback(null, metadata);
  });
> var creds = grpc.credentials.combineChannelCredentials(sslCreds, macaroonCreds);
> var lightning = new lnrpc.Lightning('localhost:10009', creds);
> var request = { 
    start_time: <uint64>, 
    end_time: <uint64>, 
    index_offset: <uint32>, 
    num_max_events: <uint32>, 
  } 
> lightning.forwardingHistory(request, function(err, response) {
    console.log(response);
  })
{ 
    "forwarding_events": <array ForwardingEvent>,
    "last_offset_index": <uint32>,
}

gRPC Request: ForwardingHistoryRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
start_time	uint64	Start time is the starting point of the forwarding history request. All records beyond this point will be included, respecting the end time, and the index offset.
end_time	uint64	End time is the end point of the forwarding history request. The response will carry at most 50k records between the start time and the end time. The index offset can be used to implement pagination.
index_offset	uint32	Index offset is the offset in the time series to start at. As each response can only contain 50k records, callers can use this to skip around within a packed time series.
num_max_events	uint32	The max number of events to return in the response to this query.

gRPC Response: ForwardingHistoryResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
forwarding_events	array ForwardingEvent	A list of forwarding events from the time slice of the time series specified in the request.
last_offset_index	uint32	The index of the last time in the set of returned forwarding events. Can be used to seek further, pagination style.

Messages

PendingChannelsRequest

This message has no parameters.

PayReq

Parameter	Type	Description
destination	string
payment_hash	string
num_satoshis	int64
timestamp	int64
expiry	int64
description	string
description_hash	string
fallback_addr	string
cltv_expiry	int64
route_hints	array RouteHint

CloseStatusUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
close_pending	PendingUpdate
chan_close	ChannelCloseUpdate

RouteHint

Parameter	Type	Description
hop_hints	array HopHint	A list of hop hints that when chained together can assist in reaching a specific destination.

GenSeedRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
aezeed_passphrase	bytes	aezeed_passphrase is an optional user provided passphrase that will be used to encrypt the generated aezeed cipher seed.
seed_entropy	bytes	seed_entropy is an optional 16-bytes generated via CSPRNG. If not specified, then a fresh set of randomness will be used to create the seed.

VerifyMessageRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
msg	bytes	The message over which the signature is to be verified
signature	string	The signature to be verified over the given message

ChannelGraphRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
include_unannounced	bool	Whether unannounced channels are included in the response or not. If set, unannounced channels are included. Unannounced channels are both private channels, and public channels that are not yet announced to the network.

SendManyRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
AddrToAmount	array AddrToAmountEntry	The map from addresses to amounts
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that this transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction.

NodeAddress

Parameter	Type	Description
network	string
addr	string

AddrToAmountEntry

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string
value	int64

Peer

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The identity pubkey of the peer
address	string	Network address of the peer; eg 127.0.0.1:10011
bytes_sent	uint64	Bytes of data transmitted to this peer
bytes_recv	uint64	Bytes of data transmitted from this peer
sat_sent	int64	Satoshis sent to this peer
sat_recv	int64	Satoshis received from this peer
inbound	bool	A channel is inbound if the counterparty initiated the channel
ping_time	int64	Ping time to this peer

LightningNode

Parameter	Type	Description
last_update	uint32
pub_key	string
alias	string
addresses	array NodeAddress
color	string

GraphTopologySubscription

This message has no parameters.

SendResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_error	string
payment_preimage	bytes
payment_route	Route
payment_hash	bytes

ListPeersResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
peers	array Peer	The list of currently connected peers

UnlockWalletResponse

This message has no parameters.

ChanInfoRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.

NodeInfo

Parameter	Type	Description
node	LightningNode	An individual vertex/node within the channel graph. A node is connected to other nodes by one or more channel edges emanating from it. As the graph is directed, a node will also have an incoming edge attached to it for each outgoing edge.
num_channels	uint32
total_capacity	int64

NetworkInfo

Parameter	Type	Description
graph_diameter	uint32
avg_out_degree	double
max_out_degree	uint32
num_nodes	uint32
num_channels	uint32
total_network_capacity	int64
avg_channel_size	double
min_channel_size	int64
max_channel_size	int64

SignMessageRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
msg	bytes	The message to be signed

GetInfoRequest

This message has no parameters.

DeleteAllPaymentsResponse

This message has no parameters.

SendManyResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
txid	string	The id of the transaction

StopRequest

This message has no parameters.

QueryRoutesResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
routes	array Route

OutPoint

Parameter	Type	Description
txid_bytes	bytes	Raw bytes representing the transaction id.
txid_str	string	Reversed, hex-encoded string representing the transaction id.
output_index	uint32	The index of the output on the transaction.

ClosedChannelUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.
capacity	int64
closed_height	uint32
chan_point	ChannelPoint

ChannelCloseSummary

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_point	string	The outpoint (txid:index) of the funding transaction.
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel.
chain_hash	string	The hash of the genesis block that this channel resides within.
closing_tx_hash	string	The txid of the transaction which ultimately closed this channel.
remote_pubkey	string	Public key of the remote peer that we formerly had a channel with.
capacity	int64	Total capacity of the channel.
close_height	uint32	Height at which the funding transaction was spent.
settled_balance	int64	Settled balance at the time of channel closure
time_locked_balance	int64	The sum of all the time-locked outputs at the time of channel closure
close_type	ClosureType	Details on how the channel was closed.

ListChannelsRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
active_only	bool
inactive_only	bool
public_only	bool
private_only	bool

VerifyMessageResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
valid	bool	Whether the signature was valid over the given message
pubkey	string	The pubkey recovered from the signature

DebugLevelResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
sub_systems	string

ClosedChannelsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
channels	array ChannelCloseSummary

ChannelOpenUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_point	ChannelPoint

ConnectPeerRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
addr	LightningAddress	Lightning address of the peer, in the format <pubkey>@host
perm	bool	If set, the daemon will attempt to persistently connect to the target peer. Otherwise, the call will be synchronous.

PendingUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
txid	bytes
output_index	uint32

NetworkInfoRequest

This message has no parameters.

ChangePasswordResponse

This message has no parameters.

UnlockWalletRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
wallet_password	bytes	wallet_password should be the current valid passphrase for the daemon. This will be required to decrypt on-disk material that the daemon requires to function properly.
recovery_window	int32	recovery_window is an optional argument specifying the address lookahead when restoring a wallet seed. The recovery window applies to each invdividual branch of the BIP44 derivation paths. Supplying a recovery window of zero indicates that no addresses should be recovered, such after the first initialization of the wallet.

ChannelFeeReport

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_point	string	The channel that this fee report belongs to.
base_fee_msat	int64	The base fee charged regardless of the number of milli-satoshis sent.
fee_per_mil	int64	The amount charged per milli-satoshis transferred expressed in millionths of a satoshi.
fee_rate	double	The effective fee rate in milli-satoshis. Computed by dividing the fee_per_mil value by 1 million.

ListUnspentRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
min_confs	int32	The minimum number of confirmations to be included.
max_confs	int32	The maximum number of confirmations to be included.

QueryRoutesRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The 33-byte hex-encoded public key for the payment destination
amt	int64	The amount to send expressed in satoshis
num_routes	int32	The max number of routes to return.
final_cltv_delta	int32	An optional CLTV delta from the current height that should be used for the timelock of the final hop
fee_limit	FeeLimit	The maximum number of satoshis that will be paid as a fee of the payment. This value can be represented either as a percentage of the amount being sent, or as a fixed amount of the maximum fee the user is willing the pay to send the payment.

WalletBalanceRequest

This message has no parameters.

PayReqString

Parameter	Type	Description
pay_req	string	The payment request string to be decoded

HopHint

Parameter	Type	Description
node_id	string	The public key of the node at the start of the channel.
chan_id	uint64	The unique identifier of the channel.
fee_base_msat	uint32	The base fee of the channel denominated in millisatoshis.
fee_proportional_millionths	uint32	The fee rate of the channel for sending one satoshi across it denominated in millionths of a satoshi.
cltv_expiry_delta	uint32	The time-lock delta of the channel.

WalletBalanceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
total_balance	int64	The balance of the wallet
confirmed_balance	int64	The confirmed balance of a wallet(with >= 1 confirmations)
unconfirmed_balance	int64	The unconfirmed balance of a wallet(with 0 confirmations)

ClosedChannel

Parameter	Type	Description
channel	PendingChannel	The pending channel to be closed
closing_txid	string	The transaction id of the closing transaction

ForwardingEvent

Parameter	Type	Description
timestamp	uint64	Timestamp is the time (unix epoch offset) that this circuit was completed.
chan_id_in	uint64	The incoming channel ID that carried the HTLC that created the circuit.
chan_id_out	uint64	The outgoing channel ID that carried the preimage that completed the circuit.
amt_in	uint64	The total amount (in satoshis) of the incoming HTLC that created half the circuit.
amt_out	uint64	The total amount (in satoshis) of the outgoing HTLC that created the second half of the circuit.
fee	uint64	The total fee (in satoshis) that this payment circuit carried.
fee_msat	uint64	The total fee (in milli-satoshis) that this payment circuit carried.

WaitingCloseChannel

Parameter	Type	Description
channel	PendingChannel	The pending channel waiting for closing tx to confirm
limbo_balance	int64	The balance in satoshis encumbered in this channel

NewAddressResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
address	string	The newly generated wallet address

ForwardingHistoryRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
start_time	uint64	Start time is the starting point of the forwarding history request. All records beyond this point will be included, respecting the end time, and the index offset.
end_time	uint64	End time is the end point of the forwarding history request. The response will carry at most 50k records between the start time and the end time. The index offset can be used to implement pagination.
index_offset	uint32	Index offset is the offset in the time series to start at. As each response can only contain 50k records, callers can use this to skip around within a packed time series.
num_max_events	uint32	The max number of events to return in the response to this query.

PaymentHash

Parameter	Type	Description
r_hash_str	string	The hex-encoded payment hash of the invoice to be looked up. The passed payment hash must be exactly 32 bytes, otherwise an error is returned.
r_hash	bytes	The payment hash of the invoice to be looked up.

Payment

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_hash	string	The payment hash
value	int64	Deprecated, use value_sat or value_msat.
creation_date	int64	The date of this payment
path	array string	The path this payment took
fee	int64	The fee paid for this payment in satoshis
payment_preimage	string	The payment preimage
value_sat	int64	The value of the payment in satoshis
value_msat	int64	The value of the payment in milli-satoshis

ChannelEdge

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.
chan_point	string
last_update	uint32
node1_pub	string
node2_pub	string
capacity	int64
node1_policy	RoutingPolicy
node2_policy	RoutingPolicy

InitWalletResponse

This message has no parameters.

PendingOpenChannel

Parameter	Type	Description
channel	PendingChannel	The pending channel
confirmation_height	uint32	The height at which this channel will be confirmed
commit_fee	int64	The amount calculated to be paid in fees for the current set of commitment transactions. The fee amount is persisted with the channel in order to allow the fee amount to be removed and recalculated with each channel state update, including updates that happen after a system restart.
commit_weight	int64	The weight of the commitment transaction
fee_per_kw	int64	The required number of satoshis per kilo-weight that the requester will pay at all times, for both the funding transaction and commitment transaction. This value can later be updated once the channel is open.

GenSeedResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
cipher_seed_mnemonic	array string	cipher_seed_mnemonic is a 24-word mnemonic that encodes a prior aezeed cipher seed obtained by the user. This field is optional, as if not provided, then the daemon will generate a new cipher seed for the user. Otherwise, then the daemon will attempt to recover the wallet state linked to this cipher seed.
enciphered_seed	bytes	enciphered_seed are the raw aezeed cipher seed bytes. This is the raw cipher text before run through our mnemonic encoding scheme.

Route

Parameter	Type	Description
total_time_lock	uint32	The cumulative (final) time lock across the entire route. This is the CLTV value that should be extended to the first hop in the route. All other hops will decrement the time-lock as advertised, leaving enough time for all hops to wait for or present the payment preimage to complete the payment.
total_fees	int64	The sum of the fees paid at each hop within the final route. In the case of a one-hop payment, this value will be zero as we don’t need to pay a fee it ourself.
total_amt	int64	The total amount of funds required to complete a payment over this route. This value includes the cumulative fees at each hop. As a result, the HTLC extended to the first-hop in the route will need to have at least this many satoshis, otherwise the route will fail at an intermediate node due to an insufficient amount of fees.
hops	array Hop	Contains details concerning the specific forwarding details at each hop.
total_fees_msat	int64	The total fees in millisatoshis.
total_amt_msat	int64	The total amount in millisatoshis.

ListPaymentsRequest

This message has no parameters.

Channel

Parameter	Type	Description
active	bool	Whether this channel is active or not
remote_pubkey	string	The identity pubkey of the remote node
channel_point	string	The outpoint (txid:index) of the funding transaction. With this value, Bob will be able to generate a signature for Alice’s version of the commitment transaction.
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.
capacity	int64	The total amount of funds held in this channel
local_balance	int64	This node’s current balance in this channel
remote_balance	int64	The counterparty’s current balance in this channel
commit_fee	int64	The amount calculated to be paid in fees for the current set of commitment transactions. The fee amount is persisted with the channel in order to allow the fee amount to be removed and recalculated with each channel state update, including updates that happen after a system restart.
commit_weight	int64	The weight of the commitment transaction
fee_per_kw	int64	The required number of satoshis per kilo-weight that the requester will pay at all times, for both the funding transaction and commitment transaction. This value can later be updated once the channel is open.
unsettled_balance	int64	The unsettled balance in this channel
total_satoshis_sent	int64	The total number of satoshis we’ve sent within this channel.
total_satoshis_received	int64	The total number of satoshis we’ve received within this channel.
num_updates	uint64	The total number of updates conducted within this channel.
pending_htlcs	array HTLC	The list of active, uncleared HTLCs currently pending within the channel.
csv_delay	uint32	The CSV delay expressed in relative blocks. If the channel is force closed, we’ll need to wait for this many blocks before we can regain our funds.
private	bool	Whether this channel is advertised to the network or not.
initiator	bool	True if we were the ones that creted the channel.

InvoiceSubscription

Parameter	Type	Description
add_index	uint64	If specified (non-zero), then we’ll first start by sending out notifications for all added indexes with an add_index greater than this value. This allows callers to catch up on any events they missed while they weren’t connected to the streaming RPC.
settle_index	uint64	If specified (non-zero), then we’ll first start by sending out notifications for all settled indexes with an settle_index greater than this value. This allows callers to catch up on any events they missed while they weren’t connected to the streaming RPC.

SendRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
dest	bytes	The identity pubkey of the payment recipient
dest_string	string	The hex-encoded identity pubkey of the payment recipient
amt	int64	Number of satoshis to send.
payment_hash	bytes	The hash to use within the payment’s HTLC
payment_hash_string	string	The hex-encoded hash to use within the payment’s HTLC
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
final_cltv_delta	int32	The CLTV delta from the current height that should be used to set the timelock for the final hop.
fee_limit	FeeLimit	The maximum number of satoshis that will be paid as a fee of the payment. This value can be represented either as a percentage of the amount being sent, or as a fixed amount of the maximum fee the user is willing the pay to send the payment.

ConnectPeerResponse

This message has no parameters.

GetTransactionsRequest

This message has no parameters.

InitWalletRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
wallet_password	bytes	wallet_password is the passphrase that should be used to encrypt the wallet. This MUST be at least 8 chars in length. After creation, this password is required to unlock the daemon.
cipher_seed_mnemonic	array string	cipher_seed_mnemonic is a 24-word mnemonic that encodes a prior aezeed cipher seed obtained by the user. This may have been generated by the GenSeed method, or be an existing seed.
aezeed_passphrase	bytes	aezeed_passphrase is an optional user provided passphrase that will be used to encrypt the generated aezeed cipher seed.
recovery_window	int32	recovery_window is an optional argument specifying the address lookahead when restoring a wallet seed. The recovery window applies to each invdividual branch of the BIP44 derivation paths. Supplying a recovery window of zero indicates that no addresses should be recovered, such after the first initialization of the wallet.

TransactionDetails

Parameter	Type	Description
transactions	array Transaction	The list of transactions relevant to the wallet.

CloseChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_point	ChannelPoint	The outpoint (txid:index) of the funding transaction. With this value, Bob will be able to generate a signature for Alice’s version of the commitment transaction.
force	bool	If true, then the channel will be closed forcibly. This means the current commitment transaction will be signed and broadcast.
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that the closure transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the closure transaction.

ConfirmationUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
block_sha	bytes
block_height	int32
num_confs_left	uint32

ClosedChannelsRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
cooperative	bool
local_force	bool
remote_force	bool
breach	bool
funding_canceled	bool
abandoned	bool

LightningAddress

Parameter	Type	Description
pubkey	string	The identity pubkey of the Lightning node
host	string	The network location of the lightning node, e.g. 69.69.69.69:1337 or localhost:10011

FeeLimit

Parameter	Type	Description
fixed	int64	The fee limit expressed as a fixed amount of satoshis.
percent	int64	The fee limit expressed as a percentage of the payment amount.

AddInvoiceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
r_hash	bytes
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
add_index	uint64	The “add” index of this invoice. Each newly created invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all added invoices with an add_index greater than this one.

PendingChannel

Parameter	Type	Description
remote_node_pub	string
channel_point	string
capacity	int64
local_balance	int64
remote_balance	int64

DisconnectPeerRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The pubkey of the node to disconnect from

RoutingPolicy

Parameter	Type	Description
time_lock_delta	uint32
min_htlc	int64
fee_base_msat	int64
fee_rate_milli_msat	int64
disabled	bool

StopResponse

This message has no parameters.

Invoice

Parameter	Type	Description
memo	string	An optional memo to attach along with the invoice. Used for record keeping purposes for the invoice’s creator, and will also be set in the description field of the encoded payment request if the description_hash field is not being used.
receipt	bytes	Deprecated. An optional cryptographic receipt of payment which is not implemented.
r_preimage	bytes	The hex-encoded preimage (32 byte) which will allow settling an incoming HTLC payable to this preimage
r_hash	bytes	The hash of the preimage
value	int64	The value of this invoice in satoshis
settled	bool	Whether this invoice has been fulfilled
creation_date	int64	When this invoice was created
settle_date	int64	When this invoice was settled
payment_request	string	A bare-bones invoice for a payment within the Lightning Network. With the details of the invoice, the sender has all the data necessary to send a payment to the recipient.
description_hash	bytes	Hash (SHA-256) of a description of the payment. Used if the description of payment (memo) is too long to naturally fit within the description field of an encoded payment request.
expiry	int64	Payment request expiry time in seconds. Default is 3600 (1 hour).
fallback_addr	string	Fallback on-chain address.
cltv_expiry	uint64	Delta to use for the time-lock of the CLTV extended to the final hop.
route_hints	array RouteHint	Route hints that can each be individually used to assist in reaching the invoice’s destination.
private	bool	Whether this invoice should include routing hints for private channels.
add_index	uint64	The “add” index of this invoice. Each newly created invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all added invoices with an add_index greater than this one.
settle_index	uint64	The “settle” index of this invoice. Each newly settled invoice will increment this index making it monotonically increasing. Callers to the SubscribeInvoices call can use this to instantly get notified of all settled invoices with an settle_index greater than this one.
amt_paid	int64	Deprecated, use amt_paid_sat or amt_paid_msat.
amt_paid_sat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in satoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
amt_paid_msat	int64	The amount that was accepted for this invoice, in millisatoshis. This will ONLY be set if this invoice has been settled. We provide this field as if the invoice was created with a zero value, then we need to record what amount was ultimately accepted. Additionally, it’s possible that the sender paid MORE that was specified in the original invoice. So we’ll record that here as well.
state	InvoiceState	The state the invoice is in.

SendCoinsRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
addr	string	The address to send coins to
amount	int64	The amount in satoshis to send
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that this transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the transaction.
send_all	bool	If set, then the amount field will be ignored, and lnd will attempt to send all the coins under control of the internal wallet to the specified address.

ChannelPoint

Parameter	Type	Description
funding_txid_bytes	bytes	Txid of the funding transaction
funding_txid_str	string	Hex-encoded string representing the funding transaction
output_index	uint32	The index of the output of the funding transaction

DisconnectPeerResponse

This message has no parameters.

ChannelBalanceRequest

This message has no parameters.

DebugLevelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
show	bool
level_spec	string

ForceClosedChannel

Parameter	Type	Description
channel	PendingChannel	The pending channel to be force closed
closing_txid	string	The transaction id of the closing transaction
limbo_balance	int64	The balance in satoshis encumbered in this pending channel
maturity_height	uint32	The height at which funds can be sweeped into the wallet
blocks_til_maturity	int32	Remaining # of blocks until the commitment output can be swept. Negative values indicate how many blocks have passed since becoming mature.
recovered_balance	int64	The total value of funds successfully recovered from this channel
pending_htlcs	array PendingHTLC

NewAddressRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
type	AddressType	The address type

ListPeersRequest

This message has no parameters.

SendCoinsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
txid	string	The transaction ID of the transaction

NodeUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
addresses	array string
identity_key	string
global_features	bytes
alias	string

FeeReportRequest

This message has no parameters.

GraphTopologyUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
node_updates	array NodeUpdate
channel_updates	array ChannelEdgeUpdate
closed_chans	array ClosedChannelUpdate

ChannelEdgeUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.
chan_point	ChannelPoint
capacity	int64
routing_policy	RoutingPolicy
advertising_node	string
connecting_node	string

FeeReportResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_fees	array ChannelFeeReport	An array of channel fee reports which describes the current fee schedule for each channel.
day_fee_sum	uint64	The total amount of fee revenue (in satoshis) the switch has collected over the past 24 hrs.
week_fee_sum	uint64	The total amount of fee revenue (in satoshis) the switch has collected over the past 1 week.
month_fee_sum	uint64	The total amount of fee revenue (in satoshis) the switch has collected over the past 1 month.

Utxo

Parameter	Type	Description
type	AddressType	The type of address
address	string	The address
amount_sat	int64	The value of the unspent coin in satoshis
script_pubkey	string	The scriptpubkey in hex
outpoint	OutPoint	The outpoint in format txid:n
confirmations	int64	The number of confirmations for the Utxo

AbandonChannelResponse

This message has no parameters.

Transaction

Parameter	Type	Description
tx_hash	string	The transaction hash
amount	int64	The transaction amount, denominated in satoshis
num_confirmations	int32	The number of confirmations
block_hash	string	The hash of the block this transaction was included in
block_height	int32	The height of the block this transaction was included in
time_stamp	int64	Timestamp of this transaction
total_fees	int64	Fees paid for this transaction
dest_addresses	array string	Addresses that received funds for this transaction

Hop

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_id	uint64	The unique channel ID for the channel. The first 3 bytes are the block height, the next 3 the index within the block, and the last 2 bytes are the output index for the channel.
chan_capacity	int64
amt_to_forward	int64
fee	int64
expiry	uint32
amt_to_forward_msat	int64
fee_msat	int64
pub_key	string	An optional public key of the hop. If the public key is given, the payment can be executed without relying on a copy of the channel graph.

ChannelCloseUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
closing_txid	bytes
success	bool

ForwardingHistoryResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
forwarding_events	array ForwardingEvent	A list of forwarding events from the time slice of the time series specified in the request.
last_offset_index	uint32	The index of the last time in the set of returned forwarding events. Can be used to seek further, pagination style.

NodeInfoRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pub_key	string	The 33-byte hex-encoded compressed public of the target node

PolicyUpdateResponse

This message has no parameters.

HTLC

Parameter	Type	Description
incoming	bool
amount	int64
hash_lock	bytes
expiration_height	uint32

OpenStatusUpdate

Parameter	Type	Description
chan_pending	PendingUpdate
chan_open	ChannelOpenUpdate

ChannelGraph

Parameter	Type	Description
nodes	array LightningNode	The list of LightningNodes in this channel graph
edges	array ChannelEdge	The list of ChannelEdges in this channel graph

GetInfoResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
identity_pubkey	string	The identity pubkey of the current node.
alias	string	If applicable, the alias of the current node, e.g. “bob”
num_pending_channels	uint32	Number of pending channels
num_active_channels	uint32	Number of active channels
num_peers	uint32	Number of peers
block_height	uint32	The node’s current view of the height of the best block
block_hash	string	The node’s current view of the hash of the best block
synced_to_chain	bool	Whether the wallet’s view is synced to the main chain
testnet	bool	Whether the current node is connected to testnet. This field is deprecated and the network field should be used instead
uris	array string	The URIs of the current node.
best_header_timestamp	int64	Timestamp of the block best known to the wallet
version	string	The version of the LND software that the node is running.
num_inactive_channels	uint32	Number of inactive channels
chains	array Chain	A list of active chains the node is connected to

SendToRouteRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
payment_hash	bytes	The payment hash to use for the HTLC.
payment_hash_string	string	An optional hex-encoded payment hash to be used for the HTLC.
routes	array Route	Deprecated. The set of routes that should be used to attempt to complete the payment. The possibility to pass in multiple routes is deprecated and instead the single route field below should be used in combination with the streaming variant of SendToRoute.
route	Route	Route that should be used to attempt to complete the payment.

ListInvoiceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
invoices	array Invoice	A list of invoices from the time slice of the time series specified in the request.
last_index_offset	uint64	The index of the last item in the set of returned invoices. This can be used to seek further, pagination style.
first_index_offset	uint64	The index of the last item in the set of returned invoices. This can be used to seek backwards, pagination style.

SignMessageResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
signature	string	The signature for the given message

PendingHTLC

Parameter	Type	Description
incoming	bool	The direction within the channel that the htlc was sent
amount	int64	The total value of the htlc
outpoint	string	The final output to be swept back to the user’s wallet
maturity_height	uint32	The next block height at which we can spend the current stage
blocks_til_maturity	int32	The number of blocks remaining until the current stage can be swept. Negative values indicate how many blocks have passed since becoming mature.
stage	uint32	Indicates whether the htlc is in its first or second stage of recovery

DeleteAllPaymentsRequest

This message has no parameters.

PolicyUpdateRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
global	bool	If set, then this update applies to all currently active channels.
chan_point	ChannelPoint	If set, this update will target a specific channel.
base_fee_msat	int64	The base fee charged regardless of the number of milli-satoshis sent.
fee_rate	double	The effective fee rate in milli-satoshis. The precision of this value goes up to 6 decimal places, so 1e-6.
time_lock_delta	uint32	The required timelock delta for HTLCs forwarded over the channel.

ListUnspentResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
utxos	array Utxo	A list of utxos

PendingChannelsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
total_limbo_balance	int64	The balance in satoshis encumbered in pending channels
pending_open_channels	array PendingOpenChannel	Channels pending opening
pending_closing_channels	array ClosedChannel	Channels pending closing
pending_force_closing_channels	array ForceClosedChannel	Channels pending force closing
waiting_close_channels	array WaitingCloseChannel	Channels waiting for closing tx to confirm

ListInvoiceRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
pending_only	bool	If set, only unsettled invoices will be returned in the response.
index_offset	uint64	The index of an invoice that will be used as either the start or end of a query to determine which invoices should be returned in the response.
num_max_invoices	uint64	The max number of invoices to return in the response to this query.
reversed	bool	If set, the invoices returned will result from seeking backwards from the specified index offset. This can be used to paginate backwards.

ChannelBalanceResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
balance	int64	Sum of channels balances denominated in satoshis
pending_open_balance	int64	Sum of channels pending balances denominated in satoshis

Chain

Parameter	Type	Description
chain	string	The blockchain the node is on (eg bitcoin, litecoin)
network	string	The network the node is on (eg regtest, testnet, mainnet)

ChangePasswordRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
current_password	bytes	current_password should be the current valid passphrase used to unlock the daemon.
new_password	bytes	new_password should be the new passphrase that will be needed to unlock the daemon.

OpenChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
node_pubkey	bytes	The pubkey of the node to open a channel with
node_pubkey_string	string	The hex encoded pubkey of the node to open a channel with
local_funding_amount	int64	The number of satoshis the wallet should commit to the channel
push_sat	int64	The number of satoshis to push to the remote side as part of the initial commitment state
target_conf	int32	The target number of blocks that the funding transaction should be confirmed by.
sat_per_byte	int64	A manual fee rate set in sat/byte that should be used when crafting the funding transaction.
private	bool	Whether this channel should be private, not announced to the greater network.
min_htlc_msat	int64	The minimum value in millisatoshi we will require for incoming HTLCs on the channel.
remote_csv_delay	uint32	The delay we require on the remote’s commitment transaction. If this is not set, it will be scaled automatically with the channel size.
min_confs	int32	The minimum number of confirmations each one of your outputs used for the funding transaction must satisfy.
spend_unconfirmed	bool	Whether unconfirmed outputs should be used as inputs for the funding transaction.

ListPaymentsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
payments	array Payment	The list of payments

ListChannelsResponse

Parameter	Type	Description
channels	array Channel	The list of active channels

AbandonChannelRequest

Parameter	Type	Description
channel_point	ChannelPoint