
Generate Lightning Invoices with 3 Lines of Python (Coinos API)
Want to accept Lightning payments in your Python app? No node needed. Just Coinos. 3 Lines import urllib.request , json data = json . dumps ({ " invoice " : { " amount " : 1000 , " currency " : " SAT " , " memo " : " Coffee " }}). encode () req = urllib . request . Request ( " https://coinos.io/api/invoice " , data = data , headers = { " Authorization " : " Bearer YOUR_TOKEN " , " Content-Type " : " application/json " }) invoice = json . load ( urllib . request . urlopen ( req )) print ( invoice [ " text " ]) # lnbc10u1pn... That's it. Real Lightning invoice. Payable by any wallet. Setup (2 minutes) Sign up at coinos.io Go to Settings → API → Generate token Use the token in your Authorization header No KYC for small amounts. No node to run. No channels to manage. Full Payment Flow import urllib.request , json , time COINOS_TOKEN = " your_token_here " def create_invoice ( amount_sats , memo = " Payment " ): data = json . dumps ({ " invoice " : { " amount " : amount_sats , " currency " :
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