Bakshish

A simple web server for accepting lightning donations, built on top of Lightning Charge and c-lightning.

Setup

$ npm install -g bakshish lightning-charge
 
$ charged --api-token mySecretToken # defaults: --ln-path ~/.lightning --db-path ./charge.db --port 9112 
 
$ bakshishd --charge-token mySecretToken # defaults: --charge-url http://localhost:9112 --port 9115 

See Lightning Charge for help setting up bitcoind, lightningd and charged.

Use

$ bakshishd --help
 
  Lightning Tip Box
 
  Usage
    $ bakshishd [options]
 
  Options
    -c, --charge-url <url>        lightning charge server url [default: http://localhost:9112]
    -t, --charge-token <token>    lightning charge access token [required]
    -m, --theme <name>            pick theme from bootswatch.com [default: yeti]
    -l, --title <name>            website title [default: Lightning Tip Box]
    -p, --port <port>             http server port [default: 9112]
    -i, --host <host>             http server listen address [default: 127.0.0.1]
    -u, --url <url>               http server public url (used for webhooks) [default: http://{host}:{port}]
    -T, --thankyou-url <url>      url to send users to after completing the payment [default: {url}/thankyou]
    -P, --charge-public-url <url> url where charged is publicly accessible [default: {charge-url}]
    -e, --node-env <env>          nodejs environment mode [default: development]
    -h, --help                    output usage information
    -v, --version                 output version number
 
  Example
    $ bakshishd -c http://localhost:9112 -t chargeSecretToken

License (MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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