Create Invoice

Use create invoice API to create a payment invoice where you can pass the amount in USD and get a lightning invoice which can be displayed as a QR code directly on your website.

Creating a new invoice

create invoice API

POST https://tapi.paysea.net/createinvoice

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Content-Type*		application/json
Authorization*		Bearer <api key>

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
device_code*		paysea010
amount*		{ "amount": "0.01", "currency": "USD" } currency should be always USD and amount should be in USD with up to 2 decimal places
memo*		"This is a test transaction" required to link payment to your in house billing system

200: OK pay_req field contains the lightning invoice to be shown to the end user.

{
    "r_hash": "6d85faea4b2d298e685425161c3b1109d0820ff2623d6ab4d17aa416e7c7d25e",
    "payment_request": "lnbc72820n1pjwguylpp5dkzl46jt955cu6z5y5tpcwc3p8ggyrljvg7k4dx302jpde786f0qdpd235xjueqd9ejqargv5s8getnwss8gunpdeekzcm5d9hkucqzpgxqz95rzjqvjpj9slq5z6j4wyqf0fp66yraw0tvgr4xde7tx799jlhq8xk2wccz6uhgqqxgqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqrzjq0x7vznry0m3yt230qj4wehrsy2tgu3wmcy00j0qch0ehyfvcgqavz6u8cqqrvqqqyqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqsp5x5jfz0p5x6z4mwm8fjghlugaa09z86p5nxc347wdv0sgxy9v534q9qyyssqgx9awv0wn8ea0eg0dr9hq0hmfhdtw3k557sf98r7zj0p3syrzz43y0360l27zxx69ugq0stzqmzcjk2vu9l4v32k6xh0fl3sj2qtyagquf53fk",
    "add_index": "32854",
    "pay_req": "lnbc72820n1pjwguylpp5dkzl46jt955cu6z5y5tpcwc3p8ggyrljvg7k4dx302jpde786f0qdpd235xjueqd9ejqargv5s8getnwss8gunpdeekzcm5d9hkucqzpgxqz95rzjqvjpj9slq5z6j4wyqf0fp66yraw0tvgr4xde7tx799jlhq8xk2wccz6uhgqqxgqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqrzjq0x7vznry0m3yt230qj4wehrsy2tgu3wmcy00j0qch0ehyfvcgqavz6u8cqqrvqqqyqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqsp5x5jfz0p5x6z4mwm8fjghlugaa09z86p5nxc347wdv0sgxy9v534q9qyyssqgx9awv0wn8ea0eg0dr9hq0hmfhdtw3k557sf98r7zj0p3syrzz43y0360l27zxx69ugq0stzqmzcjk2vu9l4v32k6xh0fl3sj2qtyagquf53fk",
    "amtinsats": "7282",
    "expiry": 180,
    "askRate": "26092.9900",
    "amount": {
        "currency": "USD",
        "amount": "1.9"
    },
    "paylink": "69de8353bcae1241"
}

Execute this sample curl to see the response.

curl --location 'https://tapi.paysea.net/createinvoice' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer 2C7C39B6D842D43AFB4A675AE61B2' \
--data '{
    "device_code" : "payseatest100",
    "amount": {
        "amount": "0.01",
        "currency": "USD"
    },
    "memo" : "This is the test transaction"
}'

use payment_request field data which always starts with "lnbc" and convert them to QR code to show it on your website for the user to scan and pay the invoice.