A library for encoding and decoding lightning network payment requests as defined in BOLT #11.
npm install bolt11
var lightningPayReq = require('bolt11')
var decoded = lightningPayReq.decode('lnbc20m1pvjluezhp58yjmdan79s6qqdhdzgynm4zwqd5d7xmw5fk98klysy043l2ahrqspp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqfppqw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kepvrhrm9s57hejg0p662ur5j5cr03890fa7k2pypgttmh4897d3raaq85a293e9jpuqwl0rnfuwzam7yr8e690nd2ypcq9hlkdwdvycqa0qza8')
/* decoded == below
{
"coinType": "bitcoin",
"complete": true,
"millisatoshi": "2000000000",
"satoshis": 2000000,
"payeeNodeKey": "03e7156ae33b0a208d0744199163177e909e80176e55d97a2f221ede0f934dd9ad",
"paymentRequest": "lnbc20m1pvjluezhp58yjmdan79s6qqdhdzgynm4zwqd5d7xmw5fk98klysy043l2ahrqspp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqfppqw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kepvrhrm9s57hejg0p662ur5j5cr03890fa7k2pypgttmh4897d3raaq85a293e9jpuqwl0rnfuwzam7yr8e690nd2ypcq9hlkdwdvycqa0qza8",
"prefix": "lnbc20m",
"recoveryFlag": 0,
"signature": "c8583b8f65853d7cc90f0eb4ae0e92a606f89caf4f7d65048142d7bbd4e5f3623ef407a75458e4b20f00efbc734f1c2eefc419f3a2be6d51038016ffb35cd613",
"tags": [
{
"tagName": "purpose_commit_hash",
"data": "3925b6f67e2c340036ed12093dd44e0368df1b6ea26c53dbe4811f58fd5db8c1"
},
{
"tagName": "payment_hash",
"data": "0001020304050607080900010203040506070809000102030405060708090102"
},
{
"tagName": "fallback_address",
"data": {
"code": 0,
"address": "bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4",
"addressHash": "751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6"
}
}
],
"timestamp": 1496314658,
"timestampString": "2017-06-01T10:57:38.000Z",
"wordsTemp": "temp1pvjluezhp58yjmdan79s6qqdhdzgynm4zwqd5d7xmw5fk98klysy043l2ahrqspp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqfppqw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kepvrhrm9s57hejg0p662ur5j5cr03890fa7k2pypgttmh4897d3raaq85a293e9jpuqwl0rnfuwzam7yr8e690nd2ypcq9hlkdwdvycqawny4p"
}
*/
The "satoshis"
field will only be set if the invoice is for a whole number of satoshis. If it is in a fractional number of satoshis, the "millisatoshis"
field must be used. 1000 millisatoshis is 1 satoshi.
- MINIMUM NEED:
privateKey
and onepayment_hash
tag as well as onedescription
- (
timestamp
defaults to current time,description
defaults to empty string, andcoinType
defaults to bitcoin testnet) - coinType should be one of the following options:
bitcoin
- bitcoin, mainnettestnet
- bitcoin, testnetregtest
- bitcoin, regtestlitecoin
- litecoin, mainnetlitecoin_testnet
- litecoin, testnet
- (
- Alternatively: You can pass the result of decode into encode and it will use the
signature and recoveryFlag attributes to reconstruct the payment request. In this
case you will require also
coinType
andtimestamp
as well as all tags in the exact order of the original signed request.- It is also required to pass the
payeeNodeKey
attribute when encoding an already signed request, as decoders will recover the pubkey, any incorrect data would cause an incorrect pubkey to be generated and will cause an error on the decoding end when trying to send.
- It is also required to pass the
- Note: tag order matters. The message is signed, so to maintain tag order it is an array type.
var encoded = lightningPayReq.encode({
"coinType": "bitcoin",
"satoshis": 2000,
"timestamp": 1496314658,
"tags": [
{
"tagName": "purpose_commit_hash",
"data": "3925b6f67e2c340036ed12093dd44e0368df1b6ea26c53dbe4811f58fd5db8c1"
},
{
"tagName": "payment_hash",
"data": "0001020304050607080900010203040506070809000102030405060708090102"
},
{
"tagName": "fallback_address",
"data": {
"address": "bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4"
}
}
]
})
// sign takes the encoded object and the private key as arguments
var privateKeyHex = 'e126f68f7eafcc8b74f54d269fe206be715000f94dac067d1c04a8ca3b2db734'
var signed = lightningPayReq.sign(encoded, privateKeyHex)
/* signed.paymentRequest == below
lnbc20u1pvjluezhp58yjmdan79s6qqdhdzgynm4zwqd5d7xmw5fk98klysy043l2ahrqspp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqfppqw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kxqrrsscqpf3vjwl2wsqc0s07x3f75xj2xgudzjtfqzly7y467gp50xjmhgx2cpud5j5jzwx7fpp48wjahr7595cncfn3ulvvkdxj4mlnz3qwdj90cptpx4hf
*/
You can use this in the browser. First install browserify and uglify-es (uglifyjs for ES6+) globally.
npm install -g browserify uglify-es
Then run the command.
browserify -r bolt11 --standalone lightningPayReq | uglifyjs -c -m -o bolt11.min.js
Now load bolt11.min.js into an HTML page like so:
<script src="./js/bolt11.min.js"></script>
And now you can do all the examples above in a browser using the global
lightningPayReq
object.
We are always accepting of pull requests, but we do adhere to specific standards in regards to coding style, test driven development and commit messages.
Please make your best effort to adhere to these when contributing to save on trivial corrections.
npm test
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