lightning-sendpay.json

{
  "$schema": "../rpc-schema-draft.json",
  "type": "object",
  "rpc": "sendpay",
  "title": "Low-level command for sending a payment via a route",
  "description": [
    "The **sendpay** RPC command attempts to send funds associated with the given *payment_hash*, along a route to the final destination in the route.",
    "",
    "Generally, a client would call lightning-getroute(7) to resolve a route, then use **sendpay** to send it. If it fails, it would call lightning-getroute(7) again to retry. If the route is empty, a payment-to-self is attempted.",
    "",
    "The response will occur when the payment is on its way to the destination. The **sendpay** RPC command does not wait for definite success or definite failure of the payment (except for already-succeeded payments, or to-self payments). Instead, use the **waitsendpay** RPC command to poll or wait for definite success or definite failure.",
    "",
    "Once a payment has succeeded, calls to **sendpay** with the same *payment_hash* but a different *amount_msat* or destination will fail; this prevents accidental multiple payments. Calls to **sendpay** with the same *payment_hash*, *amount_msat*, and destination as a previous successful payment (even if a different route or *partid*) will return immediately with success."
  ],
  "request": {
    "required": [
      "route",
      "payment_hash"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "properties": {
      "route": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "amount_msat",
            "id",
            "delay",
            "channel"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "pubkey",
              "description": [
                "The node at the end of this hop."
              ]
            },
            "channel": {
              "type": "short_channel_id",
              "description": [
                "The channel joining these nodes."
              ]
            },
            "delay": {
              "type": "u32",
              "description": [
                "The total CLTV expected by the node at the end of this hop."
              ]
            },
            "amount_msat": {
              "type": "msat",
              "description": [
                "The amount expected by the node at the end of this hop."
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "payment_hash": {
        "type": "hash",
        "description": [
          "The hash of the payment_preimage."
        ]
      },
      "label": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "The label provided when creating the invoice_request."
        ]
      },
      "amount_msat": {
        "type": "msat",
        "description": [
          "Amount must be provided if *partid* is non-zero, or the payment is to-self, otherwise it must be equal to the final amount to the destination. it can be a whole number, or a whole number ending in *msat* or *sat*, or a number with three decimal places ending in *sat*, or a number with 1 to 11 decimal places ending in *btc*."
        ],
        "default": "in millisatoshi precision"
      },
      "bolt11": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "Bolt11 invoice to pay. If provided, will be returned in *waitsendpay* and *listsendpays* results."
        ]
      },
      "payment_secret": {
        "type": "secret",
        "description": [
          "Value that the final recipient requires to accept the payment, as defined by the `payment_data` field in BOLT 4 and the `s` field in the BOLT 11 invoice format. It is required if *partid* is non-zero."
        ]
      },
      "partid": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "Must not be provided for self-payments. If provided and non-zero, allows for multiple parallel partial payments with the same *payment_hash*. The *amount_msat* amount (which must be provided) for each **sendpay** with matching *payment_hash* must be equal, and **sendpay** will fail if there are differing values given."
        ]
      },
      "localinvreqid": {
        "type": "hex",
        "description": [
          "Indicates that this payment is being made for a local invoice_request. This ensures that we only send a payment for a single-use invoice_request once."
        ]
      },
      "groupid": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "Allows you to attach a number which appears in **listsendpays** so payments can be identified as part of a logical group. The *pay* plugin uses this to identify one attempt at a MPP payment, for example."
        ]
      },
      "payment_metadata": {
        "added": "v0.11.0",
        "type": "hex",
        "description": [
          "Placed in the final onion hop TLV."
        ]
      },
      "description": {
        "added": "v0.11.0",
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "Description used in the invoice."
        ]
      },
      "dev_legacy_hop": {
        "hidden": true
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "required": [
      "id",
      "created_index",
      "payment_hash",
      "status",
      "created_at",
      "amount_sent_msat"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false,
    "properties": {
      "created_index": {
        "added": "v23.11",
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "1-based index indicating order this payment was created in."
        ]
      },
      "updated_index": {
        "added": "v23.11",
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "1-based index indicating order this payment was changed (only present if it has changed since creation)."
        ]
      },
      "id": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "Old synonym for created_index."
        ]
      },
      "groupid": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "Grouping key to disambiguate multiple attempts to pay an invoice or the same payment_hash."
        ]
      },
      "payment_hash": {
        "type": "hash",
        "description": [
          "The hash of the *payment_preimage* which will prove payment."
        ]
      },
      "status": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "pending",
          "complete"
        ],
        "description": [
          "Status of the payment (could be complete if already sent previously)."
        ]
      },
      "amount_msat": {
        "type": "msat",
        "description": [
          "The amount delivered to destination (if known)."
        ]
      },
      "destination": {
        "type": "pubkey",
        "description": [
          "The final destination of the payment if known."
        ]
      },
      "created_at": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "The UNIX timestamp showing when this payment was initiated."
        ]
      },
      "completed_at": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "The UNIX timestamp showing when this payment was completed."
        ]
      },
      "amount_sent_msat": {
        "type": "msat",
        "description": [
          "The amount sent."
        ]
      },
      "label": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "The *label*, if given to sendpay."
        ]
      },
      "partid": {
        "type": "u64",
        "description": [
          "The *partid*, if given to sendpay."
        ]
      },
      "bolt11": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "The bolt11 string (if supplied)."
        ]
      },
      "bolt12": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "The bolt12 string (if supplied)."
        ]
      },
      "message": {},
      "payment_preimage": {}
    },
    "allOf": [
      {
        "if": {
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "properties": {
            "status": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "complete"
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "then": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": [
            "payment_preimage"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "id": {},
            "created_index": {},
            "updated_index": {},
            "groupid": {},
            "payment_hash": {},
            "status": {},
            "msatoshi": {},
            "amount_msat": {},
            "destination": {},
            "created_at": {},
            "completed_at": {},
            "msatoshi_sent": {},
            "amount_sent_msat": {},
            "label": {},
            "partid": {},
            "bolt11": {},
            "bolt12": {},
            "payment_preimage": {
              "type": "secret",
              "description": [
                "The proof of payment: SHA256 of this **payment_hash**."
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "if": {
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "properties": {
            "status": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "pending"
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "then": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": [
            "message"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "id": {},
            "created_index": {},
            "updated_index": {},
            "groupid": {},
            "payment_hash": {},
            "status": {},
            "msatoshi": {},
            "amount_msat": {},
            "destination": {},
            "created_at": {},
            "completed_at": {},
            "msatoshi_sent": {},
            "amount_sent_msat": {},
            "label": {},
            "partid": {},
            "bolt11": {},
            "bolt12": {},
            "message": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": [
                "Monitor status with listpays or waitsendpay."
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "errors": [
    "On error, if the error occurred from a node other than the final destination, the route table will be updated so that lightning-getroute(7) should return an alternate route (if any). An error from the final destination implies the payment should not be retried.",
    "",
    "- -1: Catchall nonspecific error.",
    "- 201: Already paid with this *hash* using different amount or destination.",
    "- 202: Unparseable onion reply. The *data* field of the error will have an *onionreply* field, a hex string representation of the raw onion reply.",
    "- 203: Permanent failure at destination. The *data* field of the error will be routing failure object.",
    "- 204: Failure along route; retry a different route. The *data* field of the error will be routing failure object.",
    "- 212: *localinvreqid* refers to an invalid, or used, local invoice_request.",
    "",
    "A routing failure object has the fields below:",
    "",
    "*erring_index*: The index of the node along the route that reported the error. 0 for the local node, 1 for the first hop, and so on.",
    "*erring_node*: The hex string of the pubkey id of the node that reported the error.",
    "*erring_channel*: The short channel ID of the channel that has the error, or *0:0:0* if the destination node raised the error. In addition *erring_direction* will indicate which direction of the channel caused the failure.",
    "*failcode*: The failure code, as per BOLT #4.",
    "*channel_update*: The hex string of the *channel_update* message received from the remote node. Only present if error is from the remote node and the *failcode* has the UPDATE bit set, as per BOLT #4."
  ],
  "author": [
    "Rusty Russell <<rusty@rustcorp.com.au>> is mainly responsible."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "lightning-listinvoices(7)",
    "lightning-delinvoice(7)",
    "lightning-getroute(7)",
    "lightning-invoice(7)",
    "lightning-pay(7)",
    "lightning-waitsendpay(7)"
  ],
  "resources": [
    "Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:sendpay#1",
        "method": "sendpay",
        "params": {
          "route": [
            {
              "id": "nodeid020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202",
              "channel": "109x1x1",
              "direction": 1,
              "amount_msat": 10001,
              "delay": 15,
              "style": "tlv"
            },
            {
              "id": "nodeid030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303",
              "channel": "111x1x1",
              "direction": 0,
              "amount_msat": 10000,
              "delay": 9,
              "style": "tlv"
            }
          ],
          "payment_hash": "paymenthashinvl0310031003100310031003100310031003100310031003100",
          "payment_secret": "paymentsecretinvl00310003100031000310003100031000310003100031000"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "message": "Monitor status with listpays or waitsendpay",
        "created_index": 2,
        "id": 2,
        "payment_hash": "paymenthashinvl0310031003100310031003100310031003100310031003100",
        "groupid": 1,
        "destination": "nodeid030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303",
        "amount_msat": 10000,
        "amount_sent_msat": 10001,
        "created_at": 1738000000,
        "status": "pending"
      }
    }
  ]
}