{
  "$schema": "../rpc-schema-draft.json",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "rpc": "commando",
  "title": "Command to Send a Command to a Remote Peer",
  "description": [
    "The **commando** RPC command is a homage to bad 80s movies. It also sends a directly-connected *peer_id* a custom message, containing a request to run *method* (with an optional dictionary of *params*); generally the peer will only allow you to run a command if it has provided you with a *rune* which allows it."
  ],
  "request": {
    "required": [
      "peer_id",
      "method"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "peer_id": {
        "type": "pubkey",
        "description": [
          "Peer to command."
        ]
      },
      "method": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "Method to invoke on peer."
        ]
      },
      "params": {
        "oneOf": [
          {
            "type": "array",
            "description": [
              "Array of positional parameters."
            ]
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "description": [
              "Parameters for method."
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "rune": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": [
          "Rune to authorize the command."
        ]
      },
      "filter": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": [
          "Filter to peer to apply to any successful result."
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "required": [],
    "properties": {},
    "pre_return_value_notes": [
      "On success, the return depends on the *method* invoked."
    ]
  },
  "errors": [
    "On failure, one of the following error codes may be returned:",
    "",
    "- -32600: Usually means peer is not connected",
    "- 19535: the local commando plugin discovered an error.",
    "- 19536: the remote commando plugin discovered an error.",
    "- 19537: the remote commando plugin said we weren't authorized.",
    "",
    "It can also fail if the peer does not respond, in which case it will simply hang awaiting a response."
  ],
  "json_example": [
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:commando#1",
        "method": "commando",
        "params": {
          "peer_id": "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518",
          "rune": "zm0x_eLgHexaTvZn3Cz7gb_YlvrlYGDo_w4BYlR9SS09MSZtZXRob2RebGlzdHxtZXRob2ReZ2V0fG1ldGhvZD1zdW1tYXJ5Jm1ldGhvZC9saXN0ZGF0YXN0b3Jl",
          "method": "getinfo",
          "params": {}
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "id": "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518",
        "alias": "JUNIORBEAM-v23.11-415-gd120eba",
        "color": "0266e4",
        "num_peers": 1,
        "num_pending_channels": 0,
        "num_active_channels": 0,
        "num_inactive_channels": 0,
        "address": [],
        "binding": [
          {
            "type": "ipv4",
            "address": "127.0.0.1",
            "port": 42513
          }
        ],
        "version": "v23.11-415-gd120eba",
        "blockheight": 101,
        "network": "regtest",
        "fees_collected_msat": 0,
        "lightning-dir": "/tmp/ltests-7u_8_rtu/test_commando_rune_1/lightning-1/regtest",
        "our_features": {
          "init": "08a0000a8a5961",
          "node": "88a0000a8a5961",
          "channel": "",
          "invoice": "02000002024100"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:commando#2",
        "method": "commando",
        "params": {
          "peer_id": "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518",
          "rune": "m_tyR0qqHUuLEbFJW6AhmBg-9npxVX2yKocQBFi9cvY9MyZpZF4wMjJkMjIzNjIwYTM1OWE0N2ZmNyZtZXRob2Q9bGlzdHBlZXJzJnBuYW1lbGV2ZWwhfHBuYW1lbGV2ZWwvaW8mcGFycjEhfHBhcnIxL2lv",
          "method": "listpeers",
          "params": [
            "022d223620a359a47ff7f7ac447c85c46c923da53389221a0054c11c1e3ca31d59",
            "broken"
          ]
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "peers": [
          {
            "id": "022d223620a359a47ff7f7ac447c85c46c923da53389221a0054c11c1e3ca31d59",
            "connected": true,
            "num_channels": 0,
            "netaddr": [
              "127.0.0.1:40119"
            ],
            "features": "08a0000a8a5961",
            "log": [
              {
                "type": "SKIPPED",
                "num_skipped": 30
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "request": {
        "id": "example:commando#3",
        "method": "commando",
        "params": {
          "peer_id": "0266e4598d1d3c415f572a8488830b60f7e744ed9235eb0b1ba93283b315c03518",
          "rune": "b3hXuEM7Pqzk-C7HUw83xzvHOV7fmuGaWjdo-wHdfg89MCZtZXRob2Q9cGF5JnBuYW1lYW1vdW50bXNhdDwxMDAwMA==",
          "method": "pay",
          "params": {
            "bolt11": "lnbcrt1pja05v6sp5n6gnm380ckkrnhzvytz0hvym0vcf0mlrk586nlp72cq7e2hhhffspp5cwhuvl4jhlqep3st2703z89jp7j6wucm8ytlj7rk9ckk0mv7whysdq5v3jhxcmjd9c8g6t0dceqxqyjw5qcqp99qxpqysgq40udwjtktkry0yyq9408q5vtmj534h88j5nn562lamam0rtfqfu3093t2dhhc63qnqe5maa5jc9ad5pm08q2k2udvp6skw9f6ez9c9qptatlau",
            "amount_msat": 9999
          }
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "destination": "022d223620a359a47ff7f7ac447c85c46c923da53389221a0054c11c1e3ca31d59",
        "payment_hash": "c3afc67eb2bfc190c60b579f111cb20fa5a7731b3917f978762e2d67ed9e75c9",
        "created_at": 1708642714.8110592,
        "parts": 1,
        "amount_msat": 9999,
        "amount_sent_msat": 9999,
        "payment_preimage": "17632717785b1a833a296ba1831cb968602872e68881c2f324e06e87979296dc",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    }
  ],
  "author": [
    "Rusty Russell <<rusty@rustcorp.com.au>> wrote the original Python commando.py plugin, the in-tree commando plugin, and this manual page.",
    "",
    "Christian Decker came up with the name \"commando\", which almost excuses his previous adoption of the name \"Eltoo\"."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "lightning-commando-rune(7)"
  ],
  "resources": [
    "Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>"
  ]
}