Use JSON POST request for invoice creation

assets/lntip.js

@@ -69,17 +69,13 @@ LnTip.prototype.stopWatchingPayment = function () {
 }
 
 LnTip.prototype.payWithWebln = function () {
-  console.log(this.invoice)
   if (!webln.isEnabled) {
 	  webln.enable().then((weblnResponse) => {
-      console.log(this.invoice.PaymentRequest)
       return webln.sendPayment({ paymentRequest: this.invoice.PaymentRequest })
     }).catch((e) => {
-      console.log(e);
       this.requestPayment();
     })
   } else {
-    console.log(this.invoice.PaymentRequest)
     return webln.sendPayment({ paymentRequest: this.invoice.PaymentRequest })
   }
 }
@@ -110,8 +106,16 @@ LnTip.prototype.requestPayment = function () {
 }
 
 LnTip.prototype.getInvoice = function () {
-  return this._request(`${this.host}/payme?memo=${this.memo}&amount=${this.amount}`)
-    .then((invoice) => {
+  var args = {
+    method: 'POST',
+    mode: 'cors',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({ memo: this.memo, amount: this.amount })
+  };
+  return this._request(
+      `${this.host}/invoice`,
+      args
+    ).then((invoice) => {
       this.invoice = invoice;
       this.watchPayment();
 
@@ -123,8 +127,8 @@ LnTip.prototype.getInvoice = function () {
     })
 }
 
-LnTip.prototype._request = function(url) {
-  return fetch(url).then((response) => {
+LnTip.prototype._request = function(url, args) {
+  return fetch(url, args).then((response) => {
     return response.json();
   })
 }

invoices.go

@@ -8,15 +8,20 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
 var stdOutLogger = log.New(os.Stdout, "", log.LstdFlags)
 
+type Invoice struct {
+	Amount int64  `json:"amount"`
+	Memo   string `json:"memo"`
+}
+
 func main() {
 	address := flag.String("address", "localhost:10009", "The host and port of the ln gRPC server")
 	certFile := flag.String("cert", "tls.cert", "Path to the lnd tls.cert file")
 	macaroonFile := flag.String("macaroon", "invoice.macaroon", "Path to the lnd macaroon file")
+	bind := flag.String("bind", ":1323", "Host and port to bind on")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -35,12 +40,15 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	e.GET("/payme", func(c echo.Context) error {
-		memo := c.FormValue("memo")
-		amount, _ := strconv.ParseInt(c.FormValue("amount"), 10, 64)
-		invoice, err := lnClient.GenerateInvoice(amount, memo)
+	e.POST("/invoice", func(c echo.Context) error {
+		i := new(Invoice)
+		if err := c.Bind(i); err != nil {
+			return c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, "bad request")
+		}
+
+		invoice, err := lnClient.GenerateInvoice(i.Amount, i.Memo)
 		if err != nil {
-			return c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, "error")
+			return c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, "invoice creation error")
 		}
 
 		return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, invoice)
@@ -52,5 +60,5 @@ func main() {
 		return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, invoice)
 	})
 
-	e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(":1323"))
+	e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(*bind))
 }

ln/lnd.go

@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ type LNDclient struct {
 func (c LNDclient) GenerateInvoice(amount int64, memo string) (Invoice, error) {
 	result := Invoice{}
 
-	// Create the request and send it
+  stdOutLogger.Printf("Creating invoice: memo=%s amount=%v ", memo, amount)
 	invoice := lnrpc.Invoice{
 		Memo:  memo,
 		Value: amount,
 	}
-  stdOutLogger.Printf("Creating invoice: %s", memo)
 	res, err := c.lndClient.AddInvoice(c.ctx, &invoice)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func (c LNDclient) CheckInvoice(id string) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	stdOutLogger.Printf("Lookup invoice with hash %v\n", id)
+  stdOutLogger.Printf("Lookup invoice: hash=%s\n", id)
 
 	// Get the invoice for that hash
 	paymentHash := lnrpc.PaymentHash{