---
title: "Send Keysend Payment"
method: POST
path: "/v0/keysend-payment"
tags: ["Keysend Payments"]
---

# Send Keysend Payment

`POST /v0/keysend-payment`

Start sending Keysend payments on the Lightning Network.

## Headers

- `Content-Type` string

## Request body

- object
  - `amount` string — The amount for the Payment -> in millisatoshis
  - `pubkey` string — The Public Key for the destination Lightning node
  - `callbackUrl` string — The endpoint ZBD will POST Keysend Payment updates to
  - `metadata` object — Open metadata object property
  - `tlvRecords` string[] — List of TLV records <Expandable title="tlvRecord" defaultOpen> <ParamField body="type" type="number" initialValue={123456}> type of the TLV record
  - `value` string — value of the TLV record (hex encoded string)

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-04-18** `b749c336df59` — 1 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `apikey`
  - the endpoint scheme security `apikeyAuth` was added to the API
- **2025-04-18** `028610bc46ff` — 1 breaking
  - the `header` request parameter `apikey` became required

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/zbdpay/apis/zbd-payments-api/changes/v0/keysend-payment/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/zbdpay/apis/zbd-payments-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/zbdpay/apis/zbd-payments-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/zbdpay/zbd-payments-api/revisions/0d5fdd96023d/schema)