---
title: "Initiate Bitcoin Lightning Withdrawal"
method: POST
path: "/business/send/initiate/lightning"
tags: ["wallets"]
---

# Initiate Bitcoin Lightning Withdrawal

`POST /business/send/initiate/lightning`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.sandbox.striga.com/api/v1/wallets`
- URL: `https://www.sandbox.striga.com/api/v1/wallets/business/send/initiate/lightning`
- Auth: API key in header `api-key` and API key in header `Authorization`

Send funds from a Bitcoin account using the Lightning Network

## Request body

- BusinessInitiateLightningWithdrawalRequest
  - `businessId` string, uuid, required: Unique Id of the business who is sending this transactions
  - `sourceAccountId` string, required: The Id of the account to debit
  - `invoice` string, invoice, required: BOLT11 Invoice
  - `fixedFee` string: Optional fixedFee in Euro cents to override the default application fee configuration. This amount can only be <= the default configured amount for this transaction type.
  - `percentFeeBps` string: Optional percentage fee in bps to override the default application fee configuration. This amount can only be <= the default configured amount for this transaction type.
  - `provider` 'OPENNODE' | 'LIGHTSPARK': Lightning provider to use for the withdrawal

## Response `200`

success

- BusinessInitiateLightningWithdrawalResponse
  - `challengeId` string, required
  - `dateExpires` string, date-time, required
  - `feeEstimate` object, required
    - `totalFee` string
    - `networkFee` string
    - `ourFee` string
    - `theirFee` string
    - `feeCurrency` string
    - `fixedFeeDetails` object
      - `amount` string
      - `exchangeRate` string
    - `percentageFeeDetails` object
      - `amount` string
  - `transaction` object, required
    - `syncedOwnerId` string
    - `parentWalletId` string, required
    - `currency` string, required
    - `sourceAccountId` string, required
    - `amount` string
    - `invoice` string
    - `status` string, required
    - `txType` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request. The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter.
- `401`: Invalid authentication header
- `403`: Forbidden
- `500`: Unexpected server error.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/striga/apis/business-wallets-transactions.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/striga/apis/business-wallets-transactions/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/striga/apis/business-wallets-transactions/revisions/ea0f4d67546d?raw)