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# Pay to Lightning Address

> Send instant Bitcoin payments to any Lightning Address.

## Configuration

### Header Parameters

<ParamField required header="apikey" type="string">
  ZBD Project API Key
</ParamField>

<ParamField initialValue="application/json" header="Content-Type" type="string">
  Content Type
</ParamField>

### Body

<ParamField required body="lnAddress" type="string">
  The Lightning Address of the intended recipient (e.g. [andre@zbd.gg](mailto:andre@zbd.gg))
</ParamField>

<ParamField required body="amount" type="string">
  The amount for the Payment -> in millisatoshis
</ParamField>

<ParamField initialValue="‎" body="comment" type="string">
  Note or description of this Payment
</ParamField>

<ParamField initialValue="‎" body="internalId" type="string">
  Open metadata string property
</ParamField>

<ParamField initialValue="‎" body="callbackUrl" type="string">
  The endpoint ZBD will POST Charge updates to
</ParamField>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "id": "db3e9e98-82c6-4ad5-acb8-900212d352aa",
      "fee": "0",
      "unit": "msats",
      "amount": "10000",
      "invoice": "lnbc100n1p3mtx6gpp5qpc7qvapr475jjazwkves7t7qdyq5njym52z5r6mg0a9d79w783shp5xt5ts9t74akf67j59ynkr5qz8x3hs4g09d3dttmjrwwdhrxgc03qcqzpgxqzfvsp59uasmyhqwfuek2dwyfla6dn7la5wxkwzmlvvhcuptxdxsxs8d24q9qyyssqslvgpll5cwtcmhr0ch607gg463xc3s2g7mfww2dr3l0f29czt7eq03rylyg5g09qz0w97qv87mmmcyj0ytfahhzc6y79je5vsf67tgcp8248ez",
      "preimage": null,
      "walletId": "2e686eed-82c6-4722-95bd-de1b23f27d44",
      "transactionId": "2924bf31-96ba-4d26-80df-9e35c09a59cf",
      "callbackUrl": "https://your-domain.com/zbd-callback",
      "internalId": "uniqueIdFromYourSystem",
      "comment": "Sending to a Lightning Address",
      "processedAt": "2023-01-04T15:29:12.577Z",
      "createdAt": "2023-01-04T15:29:12.514Z",
      "status": "completed"
    },
    "message": "Payment done."
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>