Bolt11 Decode
by Tanod chainpeek in Onchain & crypto
chainpeek (Tanod) Lightning invoice decoder: BOLT11 payment request to amount, payee, payment hash, expiry and route hints. Pure computation. Use when an agent must read a Lightning invoice (lnbc...) before paying it: amount, payee, expiry, payment hash.
POST https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode
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- Uptime
- 100%
- Response time
- 1.2 s typical, 1.2 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- 3 h ago
- Next check
- any minute now
How to call it
POST https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode
Each call costs $0.001 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
POST https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode
content-type: application/json
{
"invoice": "lnbc2500u1pvjluezpp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqdq5xysxxatsyp3k7enxv4jsxqzpuaztrnwngzn3kdzw5hydlzf03qdgm2hdq27cqv3agm2awhz5se903vruatfhq77w3ls4evs3ch9zw97j25emudupq63nyw24cg27h2rspfj9srp"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
invoice | string | Yes | A BOLT11 Lightning invoice (lnbc..., lntb..., lntbs... or lnbcrt...); an optional 'lightning:' prefix and upper case are accepted. |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 31 lines
{
"amount_btc": "0.00250000000",
"amount_msat": 250000000,
"amount_sat": 250000,
"created_at": "2017-06-01T10:57:38Z",
"description": "1 cup coffee",
"description_hash": null,
"expired": true,
"expires_at": "2017-06-01T10:58:38Z",
"expires_in_seconds": -295534882,
"expiry_explicit": true,
"expiry_seconds": 60,
"fallback_address_count": 0,
"features": [],
"has_payment_secret": false,
"min_final_cltv_expiry_delta": 18,
"min_final_cltv_expiry_explicit": false,
"network": "bitcoin",
"note": "Decoded from the invoice itself; nothing was paid or looked up. The payee is recovered from the invoice signature (signature_valid is false when it cannot be read or does not match the n field; the key proves who signed, not who the payee is in the real world). The description is text chosen by the invoice's author: untrusted. The payment secret is not echoed. Times are compared with the server clock.",
"payee_pubkey": "03e7156ae33b0a208d0744199163177e909e80176e55d97a2f221ede0f934dd9ad",
"payee_pubkey_source": "recovered_from_signature",
"payment_hash": "0001020304050607080900010203040506070809000102030405060708090102",
"payment_metadata": null,
"prefix": "lnbc",
"route_hint_count": 0,
"route_hints": [],
"server_time": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z",
"signature_valid": true,
"timestamp": 1496314658,
"unknown_field_tags": []
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.001.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"invoice":"lnbc2500u1pvjluezpp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqdq5xysxxatsyp3k7enxv4jsxqzpuaztrnwngzn3kdzw5hydlzf03qdgm2hdq27cqv3agm2awhz5se903vruatfhq77w3ls4evs3ch9zw97j25emudupq63nyw24cg27h2rspfj9srp"}'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"invoice":"lnbc2500u1pvjluezpp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqdq5xysxxatsyp3k7enxv4jsxqzpuaztrnwngzn3kdzw5hydlzf03qdgm2hdq27cqv3agm2awhz5se903vruatfhq77w3ls4evs3ch9zw97j25emudupq63nyw24cg27h2rspfj9srp"}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.001 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.001" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.001 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftanod.dev%2Fv1%2Fchain%2Fbolt11%2Fdecode&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"invoice": "lnbc2500u1pvjluezpp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqdq5xysxxatsyp3k7enxv4jsxqzpuaztrnwngzn3kdzw5hydlzf03qdgm2hdq27cqv3agm2awhz5se903vruatfhq77w3ls4evs3ch9zw97j25emudupq63nyw24cg27h2rspfj9srp"
}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.001 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.001"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://tanod.dev/v1/chain/bolt11/decode",
json={
"invoice": "lnbc2500u1pvjluezpp5qqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqqqsyqcyq5rqwzqfqypqdq5xysxxatsyp3k7enxv4jsxqzpuaztrnwngzn3kdzw5hydlzf03qdgm2hdq27cqv3agm2awhz5se903vruatfhq77w3ls4evs3ch9zw97j25emudupq63nyw24cg27h2rspfj9srp",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
- No findings. We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.2 s | $0.001 |
| 7 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.2 s | $0.001 |
| 17 h ago | Passed | 402 | 271 ms | $0.001 |