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Parse a BOLT11 Lightning invoice into network, amount (sats and msat), payment hash, payment secret, description, timestamp, expiry, min final CLTV, and payee pubkey when encoded. Handles mainnet, testnet, regtest, signet.
# 1. Ask the endpoint what it costs (no payment, no wallet needed): curl -i -X GET 'https://api.lightningenable.com/api/l402/tools/decode-bolt11' # -> HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required # the response carries the price, asset and pay-to address. # 2. Pay and retry with any x402 client: npx x402-fetch 'https://api.lightningenable.com/api/l402/tools/decode-bolt11'
Endpoint: https://api.lightningenable.com/api/l402/tools/decode-bolt11. Operated by api.lightningenable.com, not by Animica. Price and availability were correct at the last probe on 2026-08-30 and are set by the operator, who may change them.
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Public L402 test endpoint. Pay 1 sat to verify your L402 integration works. Returns pong on successful payment. No API key required.