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POST
/
v1
/
wallets
/
{wallet_id}
/
rpc
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.privy.io/v1/wallets/{wallet_id}/rpc \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>' \
  --data '{
  "method": "createLightningInvoice",
  "network": "MAINNET",
  "params": {
    "amount_sats": 20
  }
}'

{
  "method": "createLightningInvoice",
  "data": {
    "id": "SparkLightningReceiveRequest:019842c4-c50f-cd96-0000-612d71a61547",
    "created_at": "2025-07-25T18:07:28.527107+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-25T18:07:28.527107+00:00",
    "network": "MAINNET",
    "invoice": {
      "encodedInvoice": "lnbc...",
      "bitcoinNetwork": "MAINNET",
      "paymentHash": "f59c86aaafa9920f410d1567d9ee38bf526c932691c23c7bac6d8519682a6d76",
      "amount": {
        "originalValue": 20000,
        "originalUnit": "MILLISATOSHI",
        "preferredCurrencyUnit": "USD",
        "preferredCurrencyValueRounded": 2,
        "preferredCurrencyValueApprox": 2.3228803716608595
      },
      "createdAt": "2025-07-25T18:07:28.484042+00:00",
      "expiresAt": "2025-08-24T18:07:28.484042+00:00",
      "memo": null
    },
    "status": "INVOICE_CREATED",
    "typename": "LightningReceiveRequest",
    "payment_preimage": null,
    "receiver_identity_public_key": null
  }
}

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.privy.io/v1/wallets/{wallet_id}/rpc \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>' \
  --data '{
  "method": "createLightningInvoice",
  "network": "MAINNET",
  "params": {
    "amount_sats": 20
  }
}'

{
  "method": "createLightningInvoice",
  "data": {
    "id": "SparkLightningReceiveRequest:019842c4-c50f-cd96-0000-612d71a61547",
    "created_at": "2025-07-25T18:07:28.527107+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-07-25T18:07:28.527107+00:00",
    "network": "MAINNET",
    "invoice": {
      "encodedInvoice": "lnbc...",
      "bitcoinNetwork": "MAINNET",
      "paymentHash": "f59c86aaafa9920f410d1567d9ee38bf526c932691c23c7bac6d8519682a6d76",
      "amount": {
        "originalValue": 20000,
        "originalUnit": "MILLISATOSHI",
        "preferredCurrencyUnit": "USD",
        "preferredCurrencyValueRounded": 2,
        "preferredCurrencyValueApprox": 2.3228803716608595
      },
      "createdAt": "2025-07-25T18:07:28.484042+00:00",
      "expiresAt": "2025-08-24T18:07:28.484042+00:00",
      "memo": null
    },
    "status": "INVOICE_CREATED",
    "typename": "LightningReceiveRequest",
    "payment_preimage": null,
    "receiver_identity_public_key": null
  }
}

​
Headers

​
privy-app-id
string
required
ID of your Privy app.
​
privy-authorization-signature
string
Request authorization signature. If multiple signatures are required, they should be comma separated.
​
privy-request-expiry
string
Request expiry. Value is a Unix timestamp in milliseconds representing the deadline by which the request must be processed.

​
Path Parameters

​
wallet_id
string
required
ID of the wallet to get.
These wallet methods are modeled after the Spark Wallet SDK. For more information about this wallet method, check out the Spark Wallet documentation.

​
Body

​
method
string
required
Available options: createLightningInvoice
​
network
string
required
Available options: MAINNET, REGTEST
​
params
object
required
Parameters for the invoice to be created.

​
Returns

​
method
enum<string>
required
Always "createLightningInvoice"
​
data
object
required
Details about the created Lightning invoice.