---
title: "Create a Lightning invoice DTO"
method: POST
path: "/adapters/spark/lightning/invoices"
tags: ["Adapters"]
---

# Create a Lightning invoice DTO

`POST /adapters/spark/lightning/invoices`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:3200`
- URL: `http://localhost:3200/adapters/spark/lightning/invoices`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-Steward-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/steward-fi/apis/steward-api/docs/adapters/spark/lightning/invoices/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Headers

- `X-Steward-Request-Timestamp` string
- `X-Steward-Request-Expires-At` string
- `X-Steward-Signature` string
- `X-Steward-Signing-Key-Id` string
- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object
  - `walletId` string, required
  - `amountSats` string, required
  - `memo` string
  - `expiresInSeconds` integer

## Response `201`

JSON response

- object
  - `ok` true, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `invoice` object
      - `id` string, required
      - `provider` string, required
      - `walletId` string, required
      - `amountSats` string, required
      - `memo` string
      - `paymentRequest` string, required
      - `status` 'created' | 'paid' | 'expired' | 'canceled', required
      - `createdAt` integer, required
      - `expiresAt` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400`: JSON response
- `401`: JSON response
- `403`: JSON response
- `404`: JSON response
- `408`: JSON response
- `409`: JSON response

## Changes

- **2026-08-17** `261a7c8070b2`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/steward-fi/apis/steward-api/changes/adapters/spark/lightning/invoices/post.md)

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