Example address: [email protected]
Call LNURL Payment address supplementing domain, and the username portion
- username:
brownkat
- domain:
getalby.com
URL would be composed as: https://getalby.com/.well-known/lnurlp/brownkat
Open the url in your browser, and the response will look similar to this
{
"status": "OK",
"tag": "payRequest",
"commentAllowed": 255,
"callback": "https://getalby.com/lnurlp/brownkat/callback",
"metadata": "[[\"text/identifier\",\"[email protected]\"],[\"text/plain\",\"Sats for brownkat\"]]",
"minSendable": 1000,
"maxSendable": 500000000,
"payerData": {
"name": {
"mandatory": false
},
"email": {
"mandatory": false
},
"pubkey": {
"mandatory": false
}
},
"nostrPubkey": "79f00d3f5a19ec806189fcab03c1be4ff81d18ee4f653c88fac41fe03570f432",
"allowsNostr": true
}
Take the value of the callback, and add parameters
The callback from above is https://getalby.com/lnurlp/brownkat/callback
Add the amount, in msats. So 1000 sats would be 1000000, and would be added as a querystring like this
https://getalby.com/lnurlp/brownkat/callback?amount=1000000&comment=Have%20some%20sats
After pasting into the web browser you will get another result with the invoice
{
"status": "OK",
"successAction": {
"tag": "message",
"message": "Thanks, sats received!"
},
"verify": "https://getalby.com/lnurlp/brownkat/verify/Tw8aeGdvCSfi8KQXbT5grAPv",
"routes": [],
"pr": "lnbc10u1pjkhllwpp5raukxglyq99t0cs6qta2duey9stwmaccs89u92tx6zqqkrfrz50shp5mldgf9d8chheydnh5jqhgnx6kd9lx224f7387rnltumarhednv0qcqzzsxqyz5vqsp54k2m23pdcyw4jqh4rs8u5kulydcu4p26wj23aq9vyrxm0e5mlegq9qyyssqr3r83rgkzqh38jzdl0nddmepc3p4t34m9msy9yqpu4ymm384wgjxxy5q6nzq40adk3ekyuxqm8drk6m3zwm22ev08a5zj32dg8882vgplzm6kc"
}
In the above, the value of the pr
field, beginning lnbc...
is the lightning invoice.
Copy that value, and goto duckduckgo.com in your browser.
search for qr
followed by a space, and then the lightning invoice. Example
qr lnbc10u1pjkhllwpp5raukxglyq99t0cs6qta2duey9stwmaccs89u92tx6zqqkrfrz50shp5mldgf9d8chheydnh5jqhgnx6kd9lx224f7387rnltumarhednv0qcqzzsxqyz5vqsp54k2m23pdcyw4jqh4rs8u5kulydcu4p26wj23aq9vyrxm0e5mlegq9qyyssqr3r83rgkzqh38jzdl0nddmepc3p4t34m9msy9yqpu4ymm384wgjxxy5q6nzq40adk3ekyuxqm8drk6m3zwm22ev08a5zj32dg8882vgplzm6kc
The qr reference will instruct duck duck go to make a qr code you can scan with your wallet.