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phoenixd HTTP API

The HTTP API of phoenixd, ACINQ's self-custodial Lightning server daemon. 27 documented endpoints covering Bolt11 invoices, Bolt12 offers, Lightning addresses, on-chain sends and swap-in, payment history, channel management, invoice/offer decoding, liquidity fee estimation and the three LNURL flows, plus a payments websocket and configurable HMAC-signed webhooks. Authenticated with HTTP Basic using a primary or limited-access password generated on first start. The daemon is operated by the integrator, so the base URL is the integrator's own host; the documented default bind is 127.0.0.1:9740.

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APIReference
https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/api
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GettingStarted
https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/get-started
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Documentation
https://phoenix.acinq.co/server

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SourceCode
https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenixd
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Webhooks
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acinq/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/acinq-phoenixd-webhooks.yml
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acinq/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: phoenixd HTTP API
description: The HTTP API of phoenixd, ACINQ's self-custodial Lightning server daemon. 27 documented endpoints
  covering Bolt11 invoices, Bolt12 offers, Lightning addresses, on-chain sends and swap-in, payment history,
  channel management, invoice/offer decoding, liquidity fee estimation and the three LNURL flows, plus
  a payments websocket and configurable HMAC-signed webhooks. Authenticated with HTTP Basic using a primary
  or limited-access password generated on first start. The daemon is operated by the integrator, so the
  base URL is the integrator's own host; the documented default bind is 127.0.0.1:9740.
humanURL: https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/api
baseURL: http://{phoenixd_host}:9740
tags:
- Lightning Network
- Payments
- Bitcoin
- Webhook
tags_raw:
- Lightning Network
- Payments
- Bitcoin
- Webhooks
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://phoenix.acinq.co/server/get-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://phoenix.acinq.co/server
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenixd
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/acinq-phoenixd-webhooks.yml