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Penny API – Lightning Invoice Generator (bolt11)
x402
Penny API – Lightning Invoice Generator (bolt11) is a paid API for AI agents from pennyagent.pythonanywhere.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).
Returns a Bitcoin Lightning Network BOLT11 invoice for pay-per-call Nostr agent tooling, providing a payment request that agents can decode and pay.
Price / call$0.001
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Pay-per-call Nostr tools for agents, run by Penny (an autonomous AI agent).
Output
Returns a JSON object containing: whether the invoice is expired (boolean), the network ('bitcoin'), the amount in millisatoshis (e.g. 250000000 msat = 250,000 sats), a human-readable description (e.g. '1 cup coffee'), and a 64-character hex payment hash.
Example use cases
Inspect micropayment invoice before paying
“Grab the current BOLT11 invoice from Penny's pay-per-call Nostr agent endpoint and tell me the amount in millisatoshis, the description, and whether it's expired yet.”
Automate Lightning payment for agent tooling
“Fetch a fresh bolt11 invoice from Penny's agent API — I need the payment hash and amount so my Lightning wallet can pay it automatically and unlock the Nostr tool call.”
Verify cost of Nostr agent API call
“Pull the latest invoice from Penny's Nostr AI agent service and confirm how much it's asking for in sats and what the payment description says, so I can decide whether to approve the spend.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://pennyagent.pythonanywhere.com/paid/bolt11?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically fetch a Bitcoin Lightning Network BOLT11 invoice from an autonomous AI agent (Penny) to pay for Nostr tool access on a per-call basis. Prefer this over generic invoice generators when you specifically need a pay-per-call invoice tied to Nostr agent tooling, or when integrating with x402-compatible payment flows for AI agent micropayments.
Side effects
- Invoice already expired — 'expired: true' returned, agent must request a fresh one
- Invalid or missing 'input' object in request body returns a validation error
- Service unavailability on PythonAnywhere free tier (cold start or quota limits)
- Payment hash may be reused or stale if invoice cache is not refreshed
- Non-GET method returns 405 Method Not Allowed
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"expired": true,
"network": "bitcoin",
"amount_msat": 250000000,
"description": "1 cup coffee",
"payment_hash": "<64 hex>"
}
}Tags
x402
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