# Create a new Lightning invoice

Creates a new BOLT11 Lightning invoice. Lightning invoices are requests to receive a specific
 amount of bitcoin within a set amount of time. If you don't a specific amount, consider
 using the destinations returned from /v1/deposit-destinations/bitcoin.

Endpoint: POST /v1/deposit-destinations/bitcoin/invoice
Version: 0.0.1
Security: apiKey, apiHmac, apiNonce

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `accountId` (string)
    if empty, the default account is used.

  - `currency` (string)
    The currency the invoice is denominated in. Once created, the invoice
 is for a specific amount of bitcoin.
    Enum: "CURRENCY_UNSPECIFIED", "CURRENCY_BTC", "CURRENCY_NOK"

  - `amount` (number)
    The amount of the invoice, in the requested currency.

  - `publicDescription` (string)
    Public description of the invoice. Shown to both the creator and the
 recipient of the invoice. This is the so-called "memo" field of the
 Lightning invoice.

  - `internalDescription` (string)
    Free-form text description of the invoice. Can be used to correlate with
 your own systems. Only shown to the creator of this invoice, within the
 Bare Bitcoin systems.

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `depositDestinationId` (string)

  - `invoice` (string)