# Eclair JSON API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/acinq/eclair-json-api/  
**Provider:** Acinq — https://apis.io/providers/acinq/  
**Base URL:** http://{eclair_host}:8080  
**Documentation:** https://acinq.github.io/eclair/

Eclair JSON API is one of 2 APIs that [Acinq](https://apis.io/providers/acinq/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Lightning Network, Bitcoin, Node Software, and Routing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference, API documentation, and a changelog.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **APIReference** — https://acinq.github.io/eclair/
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/blob/master/docs/API.md
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases

## Other Acinq APIs (1)

- [phoenixd HTTP API](https://apis.io/apis/acinq/phoenixd-http-api/)

## Tags

Lightning Network, Bitcoin, Node Software, Routing

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