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Eclair JSON API

The JSON/HTTP API of eclair, ACINQ's Scala implementation of the Lightning Network. 56 documented methods grouped into node info, connections, channel open/close/splice/RBF, peers, network graph queries, payments (Bolt11 and Bolt12), route finding, on-chain wallet operations, onion messaging, message signing and audit/balance reporting, plus a payment-notification websocket at /ws. Requests are HTTP POST form data, responses are JSON, and errors use a uniform {"error": "..."} envelope with 400/401/404/500 status codes. Authenticated with HTTP Basic (password only). Self-hosted; the documented default port is 8080.

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Documentation

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APIReference
https://acinq.github.io/eclair/
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Documentation
https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/blob/master/docs/API.md

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair
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ChangeLog
https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Eclair JSON API
description: 'The JSON/HTTP API of eclair, ACINQ''s Scala implementation of the Lightning Network. 56
  documented methods grouped into node info, connections, channel open/close/splice/RBF, peers, network
  graph queries, payments (Bolt11 and Bolt12), route finding, on-chain wallet operations, onion messaging,
  message signing and audit/balance reporting, plus a payment-notification websocket at /ws. Requests
  are HTTP POST form data, responses are JSON, and errors use a uniform {"error": "..."} envelope with
  400/401/404/500 status codes. Authenticated with HTTP Basic (password only). Self-hosted; the documented
  default port is 8080.'
humanURL: https://acinq.github.io/eclair/
baseURL: http://{eclair_host}:8080
tags:
- Lightning Network
- Bitcoin
- Node Software
- Routing
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://acinq.github.io/eclair/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/blob/master/docs/API.md
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases