{ "$schema": "../rpc-schema-draft.json", "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "rpc": "delinvoice", "title": "Command for removing an invoice (or just its description)", "description": [ "The **delinvoice** RPC command removes an invoice with *status* as given in **listinvoices**, or with *desconly* set, removes its description." ], "request": { "required": [ "label", "status" ], "properties": { "label": { "oneOf": [ { "type": "string" }, { "type": "u64" } ], "description": [ "Label of the invoice to be deleted." ] }, "status": { "type": "string", "description": [ "Label of the invoice to be deleted. The caller should be particularly aware of the error case caused by the *status* changing just before this command is invoked!" ], "enum": [ "paid", "expired", "unpaid" ] }, "desconly": { "type": "boolean", "description": [ "If set to True, the invoice is not deleted, but has its description removed (this can save space with very large descriptions, as would be used with lightning-invoice(7) *deschashonly*." ] } } }, "response": { "required": [ "label", "payment_hash", "status", "created_index", "expires_at" ], "properties": { "label": { "type": "string", "description": [ "Unique label given at creation time." ] }, "bolt11": { "type": "string", "description": [ "BOLT11 string." ] }, "bolt12": { "type": "string", "description": [ "BOLT12 string." ] }, "amount_msat": { "type": "msat", "description": [ "The amount required to pay this invoice." ] }, "description": { "type": "string", "description": [ "Description used in the invoice." ] }, "payment_hash": { "type": "hash", "description": [ "The hash of the *payment_preimage* which will prove payment." ] }, "created_index": { "type": "u64", "added": "v23.08", "description": [ "1-based index indicating order this invoice was created in." ] }, "updated_index": { "type": "u64", "added": "v23.08", "description": [ "1-based index indicating order this invoice was changed (only present if it has changed since creation)." ] }, "status": { "type": "string", "description": [ "State of invoice." ], "enum": [ "paid", "expired", "unpaid" ] }, "expires_at": { "type": "u64", "description": [ "UNIX timestamp when invoice expires (or expired)." ] } }, "allOf": [ { "if": { "required": [ "bolt12" ] }, "then": { "required": [], "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "label": {}, "bolt12": {}, "status": {}, "expires_at": {}, "msatoshi": {}, "amount_msat": {}, "description": {}, "payment_hash": {}, "pay_index": {}, "created_index": {}, "updated_index": {}, "amount_received_msat": {}, "paid_at": {}, "payment_preimage": {}, "local_offer_id": { "type": "hex", "description": [ "Offer for which this invoice was created." ] }, "invreq_payer_note": { "type": "string", "description": [ "The optional *invreq_payer_note* from invoice_request which created this invoice." ] } } }, "else": { "required": [ "bolt11" ], "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "label": {}, "bolt11": {}, "status": {}, "expires_at": {}, "msatoshi": {}, "amount_msat": {}, "description": {}, "payment_hash": {}, "pay_index": {}, "created_index": {}, "updated_index": {}, "amount_received_msat": {}, "msatoshi_received": {}, "paid_at": {}, "payment_preimage": {} } } }, { "if": { "properties": { "status": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "paid" ] } } }, "then": { "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "pay_index", "amount_received_msat", "paid_at", "payment_preimage" ], "properties": { "label": {}, "bolt11": {}, "bolt12": {}, "status": {}, "expires_at": {}, "msatoshi": {}, "amount_msat": {}, "description": {}, "payment_hash": {}, "invreq_payer_note": {}, "local_offer_id": {}, "created_index": {}, "updated_index": {}, "pay_index": { "type": "u64", "description": [ "Unique index for this invoice payment." ] }, "amount_received_msat": { "type": "msat", "description": [ "How much was actually received." ] }, "paid_at": { "type": "u64", "description": [ "UNIX timestamp of when payment was received." ] }, "payment_preimage": { "type": "secret", "description": [ "SHA256 of this is the *payment_hash* offered in the invoice." ] } } }, "else": { "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "label": {}, "bolt11": {}, "bolt12": {}, "status": {}, "msatoshi": {}, "amount_msat": {}, "description": {}, "payment_hash": {}, "expires_at": {}, "created_index": {}, "updated_index": {}, "pay_index": {}, "invreq_payer_note": {}, "local_offer_id": {} } } } ], "pre_return_value_notes": [ "Note: The return is the same as an object from lightning-listinvoices(7)." ] }, "errors": [ "The following errors may be reported:", "", "- -1: Database error.", "- 905: An invoice with that label does not exist.", "- 906: The invoice *status* does not match the parameter. An error object will be returned as error *data*, containing *current_status* and *expected_status* fields. This is most likely due to the *status* of the invoice changing just before this command is invoked.", "- 908: The invoice already has no description, and *desconly* was set." ], "author": [ "Rusty Russell <> is mainly responsible." ], "see_also": [ "lightning-listinvoices(7)", "lightning-waitinvoice(7)", "lightning-invoice(7)", "lightning-autoclean-status(7)" ], "resources": [ "Main web site: " ], "examples": [ { "request": { "id": "example:delinvoice#1", "method": "delinvoice", "params": { "label": "lbl_l36", "status": "unpaid" } }, "response": { "label": "lbl_l36", "bolt11": "lnbcrt500u1pn2s3fwsp5e6nltgzk3yqn5033r6z2q32pzduys3zs5dtzc5cjs60ppcgytrsqpp5ykhhcxzcqeng2gfggmsdja3x8h0qmkl35lw9z7n99pfkg8w0s8asdqcdsenvgryv4ekxunfwp6xjmmwxqyjw5qcqp9rzjqgkjyd3q5dv6gllh77kygly9c3kfy0d9xwyjyxsq2nq3c83u5vw4jqqq0vqqqqgqqyqqqqqpqqqqqzsqqc9qxpqysgqwn7uwmy3x8u9c4ea0ka0yp3qvs0w9m7459g65kalm553vusctq8kseaph7tav4ryjfghnhu0ggjhhkrqmafarqkdsrzsk8stcvdmpmcqwfsajc", "payment_hash": "25af7c1858066685212846e0d976263dde0ddbf1a7dc517a652853641dcf81fb", "amount_msat": 50000000, "status": "unpaid", "description": "l36 description", "expires_at": 1722908590, "created_index": 9 } }, { "request": { "id": "example:delinvoice#2", "method": "delinvoice", "params": { "label": "lbl_l37", "status": "paid", "desconly": true } }, "response": { "label": "lbl_l37", "bolt11": "lnbcrt500u1pn2s3fwsp5g96a3t3kn2we3ulrepd8eg4nw900wc324r06zlpr8py7p4zyftrspp5ggs9vzev5gcgthdysjrk0pcjgl3r5fwy4zgw6m48kk9nwx4h9slqdqcdsenwgryv4ekxunfwp6xjmmwxqyjw5qcqp9rzjqgkjyd3q5dv6gllh77kygly9c3kfy0d9xwyjyxsq2nq3c83u5vw4jqqq0vqqqqgqqyqqqqqpqqqqqzsqqc9qxpqysgqwkmgxwugmtjvf9cu324h87x5ux3cwa6glefyfxvergy3mw8gwtnzg05mrf69yz0dafk4n7u7asaxh2nx5jsylwvqttzxmr9krpc9rlsquhqkt4", "payment_hash": "4220560b2ca23085dda4848767871247e23a25c4a890ed6ea7b58b371ab72c3e", "amount_msat": 50000000, "status": "paid", "pay_index": 9, "amount_received_msat": 50000000, "paid_at": 1722303802, "payment_preimage": "e876ca5ae4ed9897178b2b3a17997256ad669335eb9201e05e3c97ffb83c634b", "expires_at": 1722908590, "created_index": 10, "updated_index": 9 } } ] }